London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St Pancras 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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17
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION
Ages—Both Sexes
Causes of death
Under
1
year
1
and
under
5
5
and
under
15
15
and
under
45
45
and
under
65
65
and
upwards
Totals
M
F
All Causes
96
18
8
169
457
969
946
771
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid
—
—
1
—
1
—
1
1
2. Cerebro-spinal fever
1
1
—
1
—
—
2
1
3. Scarlet fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4. Whooping cough
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
5. Diphtheria
—
—
—
2
—
—
1
1
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system
—
—
—
51
30
11
59
33
7. Other forms of tuberculosis
1
—
—
4
1
—
5
1
8. Syphilitic diseases
—
—
—
6
7
2
10
5
9. Influenza
1
—
—
2
1
7
5
6
10. Measles
1
1
—
—
—
—
1
1
11. Ac. poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
12. Ac. infectious encephalitis
—
—
—
1
1
—
2
—
13. Cancer—buccal cavity and Oesoph
(M); Uterus (F)
—
—
—
3
8
16
18
9
14. Cancer—stomach and duodenum
—
—
—
4
17
27
30
18
15. Cancer—breast
—
—
—
4
15
6
—
25
16. Cancer—all other sites
—
—
—
10
72
93
108
67
17. Diabetes
—
—
—
1
6
5
5
7
18. Intracranial vascular lesions
—
—
—
1
34
91
58
68
19. Heart diseases
—
—
12
80
349
210
231
20. Other circulatory diseases
—
—
—
1
15
41
33
24
21. Bronchitis
8
1
1
6
47
104
108
59
22. Pneumonia
7
5
—
6
31
67
62
54
23. Other respiratory diseases
—
—
—
3
8
6
13
4
24. Ulcer—stomach or duodenum
—
—
—
1
14
6
20
1
25. Diarrhœa (under 2 years)
13
1
—
—
—
—
10
4
26. Appendicitis
—
—
—
3
1
1
3
2
27. Other digestive diseases
1
2
—
3
14
19
21
18
28. Nephritis
—
—
1
—
11
22
23
11
29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis . .
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
2
30. Other maternal causes
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
31. Premature birth
24
—
—
—
—
—
12
12
32. Congenital malformations, birth injury
and infant diseases . .
32
2
—
3
3
1
27
14
33. Suicide
—
—
—
8
8
2
10
8
34. Road traffic accidents
—
1
4
4
3
6
8
10
35. Other violent causes
3
3
—
8
9
32
27
28
36. All other causes
4
—
1
18
20
55
54
44