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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
Leyton 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The Registrar-General's classification of causes of death by sex totals are shown in Table
The total number of deaths in
| Causes of Death | Total | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65-75 | 75 + | Total Males | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65-75 | 75 + | Total Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 Syphilitic disease | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 Diphtheria | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Whooping Cough | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Meningococcal Infections | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | I | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 Measles | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 Malignant neoplasm stomach | 30 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 11 Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 65 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
| 12 Malignant neoplasm breast | 23 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| 13 Malignant neoplasm uterus | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 119 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 64 | |||||||
| 15 Leukaemia, aleukæmia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 16 Diabetes | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system | 172 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 67 | 1 | 18 | 29 | 57 | 105 | |||||||||
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | 154 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 91 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 63 | ||||||||
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 30 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Other heart disease | 217 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 63 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 122 | 154 | ||||||||
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 57 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 35 | |||||||||
| 22 Influenza | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 Pneumonia | 85 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 36 | |||||||
| 24 Bronchitis | 107 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 72 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 31 Congenital malformations | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 90 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 57 | ||||
| 3 3 Motor vehicle accidents | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 34 All other accidents | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 35 Suicide | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 1,296 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 161 | 204 | 214 | 624 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 114 | 186 | 336 | 672 |