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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1961
| Causes of death | Ages - Both Sexes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75- | Totals | |||
| M. | P. | |||||||||
| All causes | 55 | 17 | 12 | 80 | 322 | 373 | 541 | 727 | 673 | |
| 1. | Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. | Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 4. | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. | Meningococcal infections | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7. | Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | _ | 1 | _ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10. | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | 15 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 21 |
| 11. | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 41 | 23 | 11 | 63 | 15 |
| 12. | Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | - | 25 |
| 13. | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | 19 |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | _ | 1 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 49 | 75 | 63 |
| IS. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 |
| 16. | Diabetes | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 1 | - | _ | 5 | 20 | 30 | 79 | 47 | 88 |
| 18. | Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | 9 | 53 | 82 | 97 | 141 | 100 |
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | - | _ | _ | - | 5 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 15 |
| 20. | Other heart disease | - | - | - | 13 | 17 | 22 | 50 | 35 | 67 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | 2 | 20 | 20 | 36 | 36 | 42 |
| 22. | Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 24 | 61 | 45 | 55 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 22 | 41 | 40 | 81 | 24 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | _ | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 9 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | - |
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | _ | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill defined diseases | 41 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 64 | 51 |
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 7 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 15 |
| 35. | Suicide | - | - | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |