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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
Stoke Newington 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Causes of death at different periods
| Causes of Death | FEMALES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under 1 year | 1 & under 5 | 5 & under 15 | 15 & under 25 | 25 & under 45 | 45 & under 65 | 65 & under 75 | 75 & over | |
| Totals, all Causes | 275 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 62 | 148 |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ncute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective Sc. parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm stomach | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm lung & bronchus | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm breast | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm uterus | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Other malignant & Lymphatic neoplasms | 39 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Diabetes | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Coronary disease , Angina | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Other heart disease | 39 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| Other circulatory disease | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Influenza | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | |
| Bronchitis | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 16 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Gastritis, enteritis & diarrhoea | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nepnritis and nephrosis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other defined & ill defined diseases | 18 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Motor vehicle Accidents | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| All other accidents | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Suicide | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 |
| Homicide & operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |