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 V.3—Deaths by cause—Administrative County of London, 1960
Cause | Sex | 0- | 1- | 5— | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | 1959 | ||||||||||
1. Tuberculosis—respiratory | M | 1 | 20 | 78 | 52 | 25 | 176 | 239 | |||
- | - | 74 | |||||||||
2. Tuberculosis—other | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | |
- | - | 74 | |||||||||
3. Syphilitic disease | M | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 17 | 20 | 62 | 63 |
- | - | - | — | 36 | |||||||
4. Diphtheria | M 17 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
5. Whooping cough | 2 | — | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |||
7 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 2 | ||||
6. Meningococcal infection | M | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 |
2 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | ||||||
7. Acute poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | |
8. Measles | M | - | - | - | - | _ | 1 | 1 | |||
1 | |||||||||||
9. Other infective, &c., diseases | M | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 45 | 32 |
- | - | 7 | 47 | ||||||||
10. Malignant neoplasm: Stomach | M | - | - | - | - | 14 | 208 | 167 | 108 | 497 | 516 |
- | - | - | - | 435 | |||||||
11. Malignant neoplasm: Lung, | M | - | - | - | - | 55 | 958 | 585 | 272 | 1,870 | 1,757 |
bronchus | - | - | - | - | 373 | ||||||
12. Malignant neoplasm: Breast | M | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | ||||
- | - | - | - | 703 | 694 | ||||||
13. Malignant neoplasm: Uterus | - | - | 293 | ||||||||
14. Other malignant and lympha | M | 3 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 90 | 647 | 558 | 509 | 1,850 | 1,771 |
tic neoplasms | 4 | 7 | 7,729 | ||||||||
15. Leukemia, aleukemia | M | - | 7 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 23 | 25 | 112 | 88 | |
- | 96 | 93 | |||||||||
16. Diabetes | M | 1 | - | 2 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 72 | 58 | ||
- | - | 745 | |||||||||
17. Vascular lesions of nervous | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 371 | 485 | 710 | 1,600 | 1,533 | |
system | 7 | 2,4s5 | |||||||||
18. Coronary disease, angina | M | - | - | - | 2 | 129 | 1,431 | 1,253 | 1,042 | 3,857 | 3,599 |
- | - | - | - | ||||||||
19. Hypertension with heart | M | - | - | - | 1 | 50 | 72 | 131 | 254 | 289 | |
disease | - | - | - | - | 396 | 464 | |||||
20. Other heart disease | M | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 215 | 346 | 871 | 1,504 | 1,556 |
- | - | ||||||||||
21. Other circulatory disease | M | - | - | - | - | 23 | 187 | 200 | 328 | 738 | 782 |
7 | - | 7,095 | 7,779 | ||||||||
22. Influenza | M | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 261 |
7 | — | — | 25 | 379 | |||||||
23. Pneumonia | M | 92 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 145 | 229 | 491 | 986 | 1,357 |
77 | — | 7,097 | |||||||||
24. Bronchitis | M | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 385 | 495 | 600 | 1,520 | 2,109 |
6 | - | - | 7 | 727 | 7,077 | ||||||
25. Other diseases of respiratory | M | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 73 | 71 | 89 | 252 | 244 |
system | 700 | 720 | |||||||||
26. Ulcer of stomach and | M | - | - | - | - | 9 | 81 | 110 | 82 | 282 | 292 |
duodenum | - | - | - | - | 764 | ||||||
27. Gastritis, enteritis and | M | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 65 | 71 |
diarrhoea | 724 | 725 | |||||||||
28. Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 3 | 20 | 46 | 27 | 16 | 119 | 113 | |||
29. Hyperplasia, prostate | M | - | - | - | 5 | 51 | 119 | 175 | 225 | ||
30. Pregnancy, childb., abortn. | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 34 | ||||
31. Congenital malformations | M | 121 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 196 | 225 |
200 | |||||||||||
32. Other defined and ill-defined | M | 445 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 251 | 203 | 275 | 1,270 | 1,294 |
diseases | 7,627 |