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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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DEATHS IN ACE CROUPS IN 1944.
These relate to deaths occurring in 1944, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 726 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 21 | 35 | 44 | 56 | 52 | 59 | 60 | 85 | 179 | ||
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Scarlet Fever | —_ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 54 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | a | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 7. Other Tuberculous Diseases | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. Influenza | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Measles | _ | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Acute Poliomyelitis | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Acute Infectious Encephalitis | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 to 16. Cancer, Malignant Disease | 101 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 19 | ||||||||
| 17. Diabetes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18. Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions | 69 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 19. Heart Disease | 174 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 65 |