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Southwark 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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COMPARISON OF CAUSES OF DEATH FOR FULL YEARS 1964-1965
| Disease | Combined Figures for the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bermondsey, Camberwell and Southwark for 1964 | Inner London 1964 (The population of Southwark is approximately one tenth) | London Borough of Southwark 1965 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | Total | M | F | Total | M | F | Total | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 21 | 11 | 32 | 135 | 43 | 178 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| Tuberculosis, other | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 20 | — | 4 | 4 |
| Syphilitic disease | 3 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 70 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal infections | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 45 | 49 | 94 | 501 | 355 | 856 | 44 | 43 | 87 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 211 | 36 | 247 | 1,908 | 438 | 2,346 | 208 | 44 | 252 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | 63 | 63 | 4 | 720 | 724 | — | 66 | 66 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | 23 | 23 | — | 274 | 274 | — | 23 | 23 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 171 | 194 | 365 | 1,844 | 1,695 | 3,539 | 207 | 170 | 377 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 9 | 6 | 15 | 113 | 94 | 207 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Diabetes | 11 | 22 | 33 | 93 | 162 | 255 | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 136 | 202 | 338 | 1,334 | 2,338 | 3,672 | 141 | 228 | 369 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 350 | 263 | 613 | 4,051 | 2,748 | 6,799 | 428 | 273 | 701 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 10 | 20 | 30 | 150 | 252 | 402 | 13 | 29 | 42 |
| Other heart disease | 129 | 199 | 328 | 1,124 | 2,094 | 3,218 | 120 | 251 | 371 |
| Other circulatory disease | 61 | 124 | 185 | 758 | 1,220 | 1,978 | 76 | 106 | 182 |
| Influenza | 1 | -_ | 1 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 127 | 143 | 270 | 1,059 | 1,197 | 2,256 | 170 | 199 | 369 |
| Bronchitis | 177 | 63 | 240 | 1,507 | 637 | 2,144 | 155 | 57 | 212 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 24 | 11 | 35 | 201 | 118 | 319 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 25 | 15 | 40 | 204 | 126 | 330 | 25 | 18 | 43 |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 9 | 13 | 22 | 76 | 106 | 182 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 18 | 10 | 28 | 107 | 85 | 192 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 13 | — | 13 | 130 | — | 130 | 11 | — | 11 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | — | 1 | 1 | — | 23 | 23 | — | 4 | 4 |
| Congenital malformations | 20 | 26 | 46 | 209 | 180 | 389 | 27 | 22 | 49 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 127 | 132 | 259 | 1,240 | 1,552 | 2,792 | 108 | 156 | 264 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 23 | 5 | 31 | 263 | 137 | 400 | 29 | 12 | 41 |
| All other accidents | 36 | 28 | 64 | 371 | 302 | 673 | 34 | 30 | 64 |
| Suicide | 23 | 17 | 40 | 315 | 239 | 554 | 28 | 23 | 51 |
| Homicide and operations of war | 4 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1,788 | 1,676 | 3,464 | 17,827 | 17,229 | 35,056 | 1,907 | 1,833 | 3,740 | |