London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bexley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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These relate to deaths occurring in 1940, but not necessarily registered in that year.
| Short List of Causes of Death in Use in General Register Office. | Total | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 30 | 30 to 35 | 35 to 40 | 40 to 45 | 45 to 50 | 50 to 55 | 55 to 60 | 60 to 65 | 65 to 70 | 70 to 75 | 75 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 788 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 38 | 57 | 65 | 65 | 87 | 172 | ||||
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Scarlet Fever | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Whooping Cough | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 49 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7. Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | i | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8a. General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Influenza | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Measles | _ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Acute Encephalitis | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 to 16. Cancer, Malignant Disease | 83 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 17. Diabetes | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 17a. Aneurysm | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 52 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |