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-
Cause | Sex | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | 1961 | ||||||||||
1. Tuberculosis- respiratory | M | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 85 | 61 | 27 | 228 | |
F | - | - | - | - | 9 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 66 | ||
2. Tuberculosis- other | M | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
F | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | ||
3. Syphilitic disease | M | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 65 | |
F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 47 | ||
4. Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
5. Whooping cough | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
6. Meningococcal infection | M | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
F | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||
7. Acute poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
F | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
8. Measles | M | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||
9. Other infective, &c., diseases | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 6 | - | 31 | |
F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | ||
10. Malignant neoplasm: Stomach | M | - | - | - | - | 17 | 243 | 167 | 108 | 510 | |
F | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 95 | 117 | 169 | 440 | ||
11. Malignant neoplasm: Lung, bronchus | M | - | 1 | - | - | 37 | 903 | 609 | 251 | 1,761 | |
F | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 153 | 109 | 80 | 359 | ||
12. Malignant neoplasm: Breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | |
F | - | - | - | - | 59 | 329 | 155 | 177 | 687 | ||
13. Malignant neoplasm: Uterus | F | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | 123 | 73 | 52 | 296 | |
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | - | 6 | 8 | 22 | 107 | 577 | 498 | 556 | 1,849 | |
F | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 528 | 483 | 602 | 1,684 | ||
15. Leukemia, aleukemia | M | - | 4 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 100 | |
F | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 22 | 31 | 92 | ||
16. Diabetes | M | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 73 | |
F | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 28 | 57 | 87 | 175 | ||
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 331 | 432 | 703 | 1,537 | |
F | - | - | - | 3 | 34 | 289 | 623 | 1,451 | 2,428 | ||
18. Coronary disease, angina | M | 1 | - | - | 4 | 139 | 1,558 | 1,314 | 1,230 | 3,810 | |
F | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | 422 | 888 | 1,617 | 2,720 | ||
19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | - | - | - | - | 5 | 51 | 78 | 113 | 250 | |
F | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 93 | 252 | 418 | ||
20. Other heart disease | M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 270 | 329 | 850 | 1,555 | |
F | 2 | 1 | - | 11 | 49 | 216 | 417 | 1,914 | 2,756 | ||
21. Other circulatory disease | M | - | - | - | 1 | 18 | 195 | 205 | 352 | 831 | |
F | - | - | 2 | 3 | 21 | 113 | 231 | 785 | 1,196 | ||
22. Influenza | M | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 111 | |
F | - | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 135 | ||
23. Pneumonia | M | 108 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 159 | 278 | 644 | 1,108 | |
F | 82 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 105 | 222 | 980 | 1,319 | ||
24. Bronchitis | M | 27 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 473 | 665 | 796 | 1,893 | |
F | 10 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 118 | 244 | 567 | 874 | ||
25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 6 | 88 | 70 | 59 | 221 | |
F | 4 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 26 | 75 | 137 | ||
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | - | - | - | - | 10 | 73 | 67 | 82 | 254 | |
F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | 42 | 81 | 136 | ||
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 15 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 85 | |
F | 8 | 1 | - | 3 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 65 | 126 | ||
28. Nephritis and nephrosis | M | - | - | - | 4 | 25 | 43 | 24 | 18 | 105 | |
F | - | - | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 20 | 34 | 91 | ||
29. Hyperplasia, prostate | M | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 38 | 97 | 185 | |
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortn. | F | - | - | - | 10 | 23 | - | - | - | 45 | |
31. Congenital malformations | M | 133 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 165 | |
F | 97 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 196 | ||
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 460 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 69 | 243 | 200 | 274 | 1,347 | |
F | 315 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 256 | 279 | 693 | 1,626 |