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 Leyton]
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TABLE 4.
Causes of Death | Males | Females | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1. Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 15 | 5 | 20 |
2. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | 3 | 4 |
3. Syphilitic Disease | 7 | 0 | 7 |
4. Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5. Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6. Meningococcal Infections | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7. Acute Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8. Measles | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10. Malignant Neoplasm—Stomach | 22 | 15 | 37 |
11. Malignant Neoplasm—Lung and Bronchus | 38 | 11 | 49 |
12. Malignant Neoplasm—Breast | 1 | 22 | 23 |
13. Malignant Neoplasm—Uterus | 0 | 4 | 4 |
14. Malignant Neoplasm—Others | 65 | 55 | 120 |
15. Leukaemia | 3 | 1 | 4 |
16. Diabetes | 2 | 5 | 7 |
17. Vascular Lesions—Nervous System | 52 | 87 | 139 |
18. Coronary Disease, Angina | 125 | 44 | 169 |
19. Hypertension with Heart Disease | 13 | 26 | 39 |
20. Other Heart Disease | 68 | 133 | 201 |
21. Other Circulatory Disease | 21 | 25 | 46 |
22. Influenza | 0 | 1 | 1 |
23. Pneumonia | 37 | 34 | 71 |
24. Bronchitis | 68 | 38 | 106 |
25. Other Respiratory Diseases | 9 | 1 | 10 |
26. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 15 | 6 | 21 |
27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhœa | 0 | 3 | 3 |
28. Nephritis and Nephrosis | 6 | 2 | 8 |
29. Hyperplasia of Prostate | 8 | 0 | 8 |
30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 0 | 1 | 1 |
31. Congenital Malformations | 7 | 2 | 9 |
32. Other Diseases | 24 | 44 | 68 |
33. Motor Vehicle Accidents | 7 | 2 | 9 |
34. All Other Accidents | 9 | 9 | 18 |
35. Suicide | 9 | 4 | 13 |
36. Homicide and Operations of War | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals, 1952 | 635 | 585 | 1,220 |
Totals, 1951 | 696 | 666 | 1,362 |