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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 1963
[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. | Net Deaths at the Sub-joined Ages of Residents (Male and Female) whether occurring within or without the Borough | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cause of death | All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 1 | Tuberculosis, respiratory | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 2 | Tuberculosis, other | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 3 | Syphilitic disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 4 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Meningococcal infections | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 10 | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| n | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 44 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 18 | 1 | 24 | 8 |
| 12 | Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | - | 4 |
| 13 | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 |
| 14 | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 52 | 55 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 29 | 35 |
| 15 | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Diabetes | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 49 | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 80 |
| 18 | Coronary disease, angina | 136 | 96 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 69 | 14 | 74 | 82 |
| 19 | Hypertension with heart disease | 18 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 16 | 22 |
| 20 | Other heart disease | 60 | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 84 |
| 21 | Other circulatory disease | 21 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 22 | Influenza | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | Pneumonia | 30 | 30 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 24 | 26 |
| 24 | Bronchitis | 43 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 35 | 20 |
| 25 | Other diseases of respiratory system | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 |
| 27 | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Hyperplasia of prostate | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | |
| 30 | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 39 | 26 | 9 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 12 | 6 | 15 | 16 |
| 33 | Motor vehicle accidents | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 34 | All other accidents | 8 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 35 | Suicide | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 |
| 36 | Homicide and operations of war | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 560 | 554 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 163 | 91 | 350 | 435 | |
| 1,114 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 254 | 785 | ||||||||||
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. | |
| Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Premature Birth | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Septicaemia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Respiratory Failure | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cerebral Contusion (accidental) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Homicide (strangulation) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Unascertainable | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 9 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 |
| 10 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 14 | |||||||||