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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1955
| 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 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 376 | 430 | 489 | 834 | 607 |
| 1 Tuberculosis,respiratory | - | - | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 5 | ||
| 2 Tuberculosis,other | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5 Whooping cough | - | - | - ' | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 7 Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm stomach | - | - | - | - | 2 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 24 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | 2 | 38 | 31 | 10 | 71 | 10 |
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | - | 22 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | 16 |
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 53 | 57 | 41 | 96 | 67 |
| 15 Leukaemia*, aleukaemia | - | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 |
| 16 Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | 1 | - | 5 | 27 | 42 | 45 | 55 | 65 | |
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | 5 | 67 | 95 | 80 | 151 | 96 |
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 15 |
| 20 Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | 7 | 19 | 20 | 4-8 | 45 | 49 |
| 21 Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 22 | 47 | 39 | 45 |
| 22 Influenza | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 30 | 30 |
| 24 Bronchitis | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 31 | 45 | 49 | 99 | 34 |
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 4 |
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 27 Gastritis,enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 15 | 18 | - |
| 30 Pregnancy childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 31 Congenital malformations | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 69 | 61 |
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 34 All other accidents | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 |
| 35 Suicide | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |||