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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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DEATHS, 1958
Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life
| Causes of Death | Years of Age. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex. | All Ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | |
| Ail Causes | M. | 546 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 186 | 146 | 161 |
| F. | 507 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 24 | 103 | 135 | 237 | |
| Grand Totals | 1,053 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 289 | 281 | 398 | |
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M. | 7 | – | – | –– | – | –– | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | –. | – | – | 2 | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis, Other | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Syphilitic Disease | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Diphtheria | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping Cough | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| –Meningococcal Infections | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| F. | 1 | – | – | – | –. | –. | 1 | – | – | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M. | 12 | –• | – | –• | –• | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| F. | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M. | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 16 | 3 |
| F. | 11 | –. | – | –. | – | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F. | 31 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 14 | 4 | 8 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| F. | 10 | –. | – | – | –. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M. | 73 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| F. | 49 | –. | – | – | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 14 | |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M. | 3 | – | –. | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| F. | 3 | –. | –• | – | –. | 2 | – | – | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M. | 60 | 1 | –• | – | – | 3 | 19 | 17 | 20 |
| F. | 79 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 13 | 21 | 43 | |
| Coronary Disease, Angina | M. | 114 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 47 | 29 | 35 |
| F. | 78 | –. | – | .– | –. | 1 | 7 | 38 | 32 | |
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