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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1956
| 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 | 53 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 60 | 378 | 431 | 572 | 824 | 704 |
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | _ | _ | - | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 4 |
| 2, Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 4. Diptheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7..Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8. Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | _ | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 23 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung bronchus | _ | - | - | _ | 4 | 50 | 31 | 16 | 84 | 17 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | - | 20 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | 13 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 42 | 47 | 76 | 70 |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 16. Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | _ | _ | . | - | - | 30 | 44 | 85 | 59 | 100 |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | 3 | 58 | 99 | 85 | 142 | 103 |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | _ | _ | . | . | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 22 |
| 20. Other heart disease | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 24 | 21 | 50 | 46 | 51 |
| 21. Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 16 | 51 | 30 | 48 |
| 22. Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 20 | 59 | 50 | 48 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 29 | 48 | 52 | 87 | 50 |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | _ | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | . | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 7 |
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 16 | - | |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abort ion | . | . | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 31. Congenital malformations | 13 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 30 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 34 | 50 | 61 |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| 34. All other accidents | 2 | - | - | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 11 |
| 35. Suicide | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 3 | - | 10 | 10 |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | |