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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Marylebone 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 1. — Deaths — According to Age -Group and Sex.
| Code no. | CAUSE OF DEATH | Net Deaths at the Sub-joined Ages of Residents (Male and Female) whether occurring within or without the Borough. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 1 | Tuberculosis, respiratory | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Tuberculosis, other | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Syphilitic disease | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| 4 | Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Whooping cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Meningococcal infections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Acute poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 10 | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 13 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 28 | 2 | — | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 13 | – | 13 | 2 |
| 12 | Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | 15 | — | — | – | – | — | – | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 4 |
| 13 | Malignantneoplasm, uterus | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | — | 3 |
| 14 | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 36 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 24 |
| 15 | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 6 | 3 | — | – | — | – | — | – | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Diabetes | 4 | — | — | — | — | – | – | — | – | – | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| 17 | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 83 | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 15 | 13 | 68 | 78 |
| 18 | Coronary disease, angina | 91 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | — | 34 | 12 | 53 | 45 |
| 19 | Hypertension with heart disease | 40 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 38 | 36 |
| 20 | Other heart disease | 38 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 34 |
| 21 | Other circulatory disease | 53 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 46 | 56 |
| 22 | Influenza | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Pneumonia | 21 | 22 | — | 3 | – | – | – | — | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 |
| 24 | Bronchitis | 68 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | 56 | 36 |
| 25 | Other diseases of respiratory system. | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 9 | 4 | — | — | – | – | — | - | 1 | – | 2 | – | 6 | 4 |
| 27 | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | — |
| 28 | Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 |
| 29 | Hyperplasia of prostate | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – |
| 30 | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Congenital malformations | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| 32 | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 26 | 36 | 3 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 19 |
| 33 | Motor vehicle accidents | 2 | 1 | – | - | – | – | – | – | 2 | — | – | 1 | – | – |
| 34 | All other accidents | 8 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 35 | Suicide | 15 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 36 | Homicide and operations of war | — | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 583 | 506 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 149 | 90 | 403 | 385 | |
| 1,089 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 239 | 788 | |||||||||
TABLE 2.—Infant Mortality— According to Age -Group and Sex.
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 week | 1 and under 2 weeks | 2 and under 4 weeks | 1 and under 3 months | 3 and under 6 months | 6 and under 9 months | 9 and under 12 months | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Congenital malformation | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Premature birth | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Gastro-enteritis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Influenza | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Suffocation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Other causes | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 5 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 8 | 11 |