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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
London County Council 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 29.-County of London-Principal causes of death by sex and age, 1936.
| Causes of death | Sex | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 65- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. | M. | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 17 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| Measles | M. | 323 | 74 | 131 | 98 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| F. | 261 | 58 | 117 | 61 | 20 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet fever | M. | 21 | - | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 21 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| Whooping-cough | M. | 134 | 67 | 42 | 18 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F. | 144 | 74 | 41 | 25 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | M. | 109 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| 117 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | ||
| Influenza | M. | 242 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 60 | 49 | 35 |
| F. | 291 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 78 | 88 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica. | M. | 30 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| F. | 24 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | M. | 40 | 12 | 8 | 6 | - | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| F. | 31 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | M. | 1,810 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 247 | 369 | 289 | 413 | 327 | 119 | 23 |
| F. | 1,039 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 311 | 271 | 158 | 123 | 99 | 43 | 9 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases. | M. | 202 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 43 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 |
| F. | 161 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 4 | |
| Syphilis | M. | 113 | 13 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 21 | |
| F. | 54 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 5 | ||
| General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis. | M. | 145 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 17 | 43 | 51 | 21 | 6 |
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease. | M. | 3,665 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 54 | 137 | 504 | 1,064 | 1,261 | 608 |
| F. | 3,697 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 77 | 238 | 590 | 880 | 1,101 | 785 | |
| Diabetes | M. | 216 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 51 | 88 | 40 |
| F. | 412 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 104 | 160 | 96 | |
| Cerebral hæmorrhage | M. | 792 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 13 | 63 | 166 | 294 | 251 |
| F. | 1,134 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 29 | 79 | 213 | 367 | 444 | |
| Heart disease | M. | 6,711 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 75 | 74 | 180 | 502 | 1,305 | 2,236 | 2,302 |
| F. | 7,478 | - | 1 | - | 32 | 86 | 128 | 186 | 351 | 912 | 2,116 | 3,666 | |
| Aneurysm | M. | 175 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 62 | 37 | 21 |
| 119 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 24 | ||
| Other circulatory diseases. | M. | 1,085 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 71 | 190 | 388 | 419 |
| F. | 1,239 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 17 | 62 | 180 | 378 | 596 | |
| Bronchitis | M. | 1,158 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 143 | 255 | 282 | 335 |
| F. | 888 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 103 | 222 | 431 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 1,906 | 363 | 108 | 41 | 22 | 30 | 48 | 113 | 257 | 373 | 332 | 219 |
| F. | 1,472 | 264 | 86 | 56 | 18 | 28 | 56 | 58 | 111 | 185 | 276 | 334 | |
| Other respiratory diseases. | M. | 260 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 36 | 46 | 50 | 69 |
| F. | 223 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 36 | 97 | |
| Peptic ulcer | M. | 462 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | 52 | 130 | 140 | 79 | 41 |
| F. | 147 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 28 | 52 | 28 | 23 |