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 | |
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1963 | 1962 | ||||||||||
1. Tuberculosis—respiratory | M | - | - | - | 18 | 82 | 46 | 28 | 174 | 189 | |
- | - | - | |||||||||
2. Tuberculosis—other | M | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12 | |
- | - | ||||||||||
3. Syphilitic disease | M | - | - | - | - | 3 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 54 | 48 |
- | - | - | - | - | |||||||
4. Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
5. Whooping cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
6. Meningococcal infection | M | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
- | - | - | - | - | |||||||
7. Acute poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
8. Measles | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
9. Other infective, &c., diseases | M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 31 |
- | |||||||||||
10. Malignant neoplasm: Stomach | M | - | - | - | - | 21 | 226 | 150 | 109 | 506 | 535 |
- | - | - | - | ||||||||
11. Malignant neoplasm: Lung, bronchus | M | - | - | - | 1 | 44 | 907 | 592 | 273 | 1,817 | 1,801 |
- | - | - | |||||||||
12. Malignant neoplasm: Breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
- | - | - | - | ||||||||
13. Malignant neoplasm: Uterus | - | - | - | ||||||||
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 83 | 585 | 513 | 515 | 1,728 | 1,774 |
15. Leukemia, aleukemia | M | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 110 | 104 |
- | |||||||||||
16. Diabetes | M | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 88 | 68 |
- | - | - | - | ||||||||
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | - | - | - | 4 | 35 | 319 | 439 | 686 | 1,483 | 1,502 |
- | - | ||||||||||
18. Coronary disease, angina | M | - | - | - | 1 | 142 | 1,637 | 1,377 | 1,247 | 4,404 | 4,246 |
- | - | - | - | ||||||||
19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | - | - | - | - | 59 | 81 | 114 | 258 | ||
- | - | - | - | ||||||||
20. Other heart disease | M | - | 1 | 1 | 16 | 47 | 242 | 283 | 822 | 1,412 | 1,530 |
21. Other circulatory disease | M | 2 | - | - | 1 | 37 | 194 | 211 | 398 | 843 | 771 |
- | - | - | |||||||||
22. Influenza | M | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 63 | 63 |
- | - | ||||||||||
23. Pneumonia | M | 120 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 212 | 314 | 721 | 1,405 | 1,233 |
- | |||||||||||
24. Bronchitis | M | 37 | 5 | - | 1 | 14 | 571 | 700 | 813 | 2,141 | 1,979 |
25. Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 4 | - | 1 | 6 | 72 | 67 | 60 | 214 | 228 | |
5 | - | ||||||||||
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 61 | 60 | 71 | 203 | 232 | |
- | - | - | |||||||||
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 17 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 78 | 71 | ||
28. Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 114 | 114 | |
- | |||||||||||
29. Hyperplasia, prostate | M | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 42 | 107 | 156 | 142 |
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortn. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | ||||
31. Congenital malformations | M | 159 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 226 | 215 |
7 | |||||||||||
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | m | 438 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 74 | 272 | 179 | 271 | 1,283 | 1,294 |
l,643 |