London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St Pancras 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Causes of death | Ages - Both Sexes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75- | Totals | ||
| M | F | |||||||||
| All Causes | 39 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 78 | 367 | 393 | 440 | 737 | 601 |
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | 1 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 8 | |||
| 2. Tuberculosis,other | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | ||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 4. Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Whooping cough 6. Meningococcal infections | - | _ | _ | - | - | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8. Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | - ' | - | _ | _ | 3 | i | - | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 14 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | 7 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 71 | 16 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | _ | 20 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | _ | 10 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | - | _ | _ | 3 | 13 | 43 | 51 | 46 | 80 | 72 |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | - | 1 | - | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | 2 | 2 |
| 16. Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | _ | _ | 3 | 25 | 39 | 54 | 46 | 75 |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | 8 | 63 | 82 | 85 | 139 | 99 |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 19 |
| 20. Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | 3 | 26 | 21 | 55 | 45 | 60 |
| 21. Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | 1 | _ | 10 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 35 |
| 22. Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 6 | - | - | - | . | 10 | 16 | 28 | 33 | 27 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 64 | 38 |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | _ | _ | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | _ | _ | _ | 9 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 4 | ||
| 27. Gastritis enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | _ | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | _ | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 30. Pregnancy childbirth, abortion | 1 | i | ||||||||
| 31 Congenital malformations | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 32. other defined and ill-defined diseases | 21 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 19 | <3 19 | < 42 | ||
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 3 | i | c | |||||||
| 34. All other accidents | i | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 6 | |||
| 35. Suicide | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 10 | ||
| 3® Homicide and operations of war | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | |||||