Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 5 (
Cause | Sex | 0— | 1 — | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75+ | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1955 | 1954 | ||||||||||
33. Motor vehicle accidents | M | _ | 5 | 13 | 36 | 53 | 42 | 30 | 34 | 213 | 175 |
F | 7 | 2 | 7 | 77 | 72 | 96 | |||||
34. All other accidents | M | 14 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 86 | 99 | 39 | 80 | 356 | 351 |
F | 77 | 64 | |||||||||
35. Suicide | M | _ | _ | _ | 78 | 119 | 53 | 20 | 276 | 315 | |
F | _ | _ | 7 | 36 | 73 | ||||||
36. Homicide, operations of war | M | _ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | _ | 14 | 18 | |
F | 7 | _ | 7 | 2 | _ | _ | 72 | ||||
ALL CAUSES | M | 689 | 86 | 93 | 153 | 916 | 5,543 | 5,548 | 6,353 | 19,381 | 18,359 |
F | 77 | 3,323 |
Table 6—
Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates per 1,000 live births | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 day | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 wks. | 4 wks. to 7 yr. | No. | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
Whooping Cough | Leg. | — | — | — | 3 | 0.06 | 0.08 | ||||
Illeg. | — | — | — | ||||||||
Tuberculosis | Leg. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Illeg. | — | — | — | ||||||||
Measles | Leg. | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 0 10 | 0-16 | |||
Illeg. | — | — | — | ||||||||
Convulsions | Leg. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Illeg. | — | — | — | ||||||||
Bronchitis and Pneumonia | Leg. | 3 | 23 | 19 | 128 | 178 | 116 | 3.57 | 4.52 | ||
Illeg. | — | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
Gastro Enteritis and Diarrhoea | Leg. | — | — | 1 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 0.48 | 0.55 | ||
Illeg. | — | — | |||||||||
Congenital Malformation | Leg. | 26 | 31 | 40 | 67 | 171 | 99 | 3.43 | 3.86 | ||
Illeg. | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
Immaturity | Leg. | 119 | 68 | 8 | 2 | 233 | 122 | 4.67 | 4.76 | ||
Illeg. | 21 | 14 | |||||||||
Injury at Birth | Leg. | 62 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 129 | 83 | 2.59 | 3.24 | ||
Illeg. | 13 | 5 | — | ||||||||
Post.natal Asphyxi, and Atelectasis | Leg. | 113 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 215 | 135 | 4.32 | 5.26 | ||
Illeg. | 17 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
Haemolytic disease | Leg. | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 0.58 | 0.66 | ||
Illeg. | 1 | — | 2 | ||||||||
Accidental | Leg. | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.04 | ||
Mechanical Suffocation | Illeg | — | — | — | |||||||
Other causes | Leg. | 17 | 29 | 13 | 87 | 167 | 96 | 3.35 | 3.74 | ||
Illeg. | 15 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
All causes .. Leg. M. | 210 | 165 | 46 | 186 | 1,010 | 607 | 21.96 | 25.61 | |||
F. | 777 | ||||||||||
Illeg. M. | 36 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 147 | 82 | 38.41 | 42.18 | |||
F. | 72 | ||||||||||
Total, 1955 | 421 | 315 | 98 | 323 | 1,157 | 689 | 23.22 | 26.86 | |||
Total, 1954 | 373 | 297 | 96 | 281 | 1,047 | 627 | 20.63 | 24.22 | |||
Leg. M. | 192 | 168 | 50 | 143 | 936 | 553 | 19.86 | 23.02 | |||
F. | |||||||||||
Illeg. M. | 26 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 111 | 74 | 30.71 | 39.72 | |||
F. | 5 | 7 |