Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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OF LIFE DURING THE YEAR 1955
Causes of Death | MALES | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ages | Under 1 year | 1 & under 5. | 5 & under 15 | 15 & under 25 | 25 & under 45 | 45 k under 65 | 65 & unde75 | 75 & over | TOTAL PERSONS MALE & FEMALE | |
Totals, All Causes | 263 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 75 | 65 | 88 | 538 | |
Tuberculosis, respiratory | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Syphilitic diseases | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Diphtneria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal inrections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Me asLes Other infective & parasitic diseases | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Malignant neoplasm stomach | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Malignant neoplasm lung 5c bronchus | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 1 | 28 |
Malignant neoplasm breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
Malignant neoplasm uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Other malignant & lymphatic neoplasms | 28 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 67 |
Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 14 | 58 |
Coronary Disease, Angina | 42 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 69 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 8 | 19 |
Other heart disease | 30 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 69 |
Other circulatory disease | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Pneumonia | 16 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | 34 |
Bronchitis | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 13 | 6 | 44 |
Other diseases of respiratory system | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
Ulcer of stomach & duodenum | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 7 |
Gastritis, enteritis & diarrhoea | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Other defined & ill defined diseases | 18 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | 36 |
Motor vehicle Accidents | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
All other accidents | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 11 |
suicide | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 9 | |
Homicide & operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |