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 St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1932.
No. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | Net deaths at the subjoined ages ot "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of Residents or Non-Resident in Institutions in the District. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | Total. | ||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and unrfer65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
1 | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2 | MeasleS | 18 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
3 | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4 | Whooping Cough | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
5 | Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
6 | Influenza | 35 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 35 |
7 | Encephalitis Lethargica . | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
8 | Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
9 | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 67 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 67 |
10 | Other Tuberculous diseases | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
11 | Syphilis | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 |
12 | General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 |
13 | Cancer, Malignant Disease | 179 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 79 | 88 | 268 | 38 | 39 | 57 | 45 | 179 |
14 | Diabetes | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
15 | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc- | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 28 | 58 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 41 |
16 | Heart Disease | 327 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 16 | 74 | 230 | 123 | 67 | 78 | 112 | 70 | 327 |
17 | Aneurysm | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
18 | Other Circulatory Diseases | 51 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 51 | |||||
19 | Bronchitis | 34 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 34 |
20 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 77 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 78 | 20 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 77 |
21 | Other Respiratory Diseases . | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 6 | - | 14 |
22 | Peptic Ulcer | 22 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | |
23 | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) . | 29 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 13 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 29 | |
24 | Appendicitis | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
25 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
26 | Other Diseases of the Liver, etc. | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
27 | Other Digestive Diseases . | 32 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
28 | Acute and Chronic Nephritis . | 30 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
29 | Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
30 | Other Puerperal Causes . | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
31 | Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc. | 37 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
32 | Senility | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
33 | Suicide | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
34 | Other Violence | 40 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
35 | Other defined Diseases | 110 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 40 | 105 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 35 | 110 |
36 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
M F | M F | M F | M F | M F | ||||||||||||
111 140 | 159 147 | 240 200 | 117 151 | 627 638 | ||||||||||||
Totals • | 1265 | 92 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 33 | 125 | 366 | 597 | 1005 | 251 | 306 | 440 | 268 | 1265 |