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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Deaths
The Registrar-General*s classification of causes of death by sex totals are shown in Table I on this page.
The total number of deaths in 1957 (1228) compares with 1296 in 1956 the respective death rates per 1 000 population
being 12 32 and 12 84.
CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIPE 1957
| Causes of Death | Total | 0- 1 | 1-5 | 5-1 E | 15-25 | 25 -45 | 45 -65 | 65 -75 | 75+ | TOTAL MALES | 0- 1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15 - 25 | 25-45 | 45- 65 | 6 5-75 | 75 + | Total females |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tuberculosis respiratory | 17 | . | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 3 |
| 2. Tuberculosis other | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 4. Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | ||
| 5. Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | . |
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | . | _ | _ |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | . | 1 | _ | . | . | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 10. Malignant neoplasm stomach | 32 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm lung bronchus | 50 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 42 | . | . | . | . | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm breast | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm uterus | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 108 | . | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 50 | . | . | . | i | 2 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 58 | ||
| 15. Leukaemia aleukaemia | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 16. Diabetes | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 147 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 49 | _ | _ | _ | . | . | 23 | 18 | 57 | 98 | |
| 18. Coronary disease angina | 181 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 43 | 36 | 33 | 117 | - | - | - | - | i | 4 | 25 | 34 | 64 |
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 21 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | _ | „ | _ | . | . | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 20- Other heart disease | 205 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 83 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 12 | 17 | 90 | 122 |
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 22. Influenza | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 87 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 43 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 44 |
| 24; Bronchitis | 85 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 21 | 22 | 61 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 13 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 27. Gastritis enteritis and diarrhoea | 9 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | 1 | . | . | _ | . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 30. Pregnancy childbirth abortion | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31. Congenital malformations | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | . | - | - | - | 5 |
| 32- Other defined and ill defined diseases | 87 | 8 | 1 | 1 | _ | 13 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 3 | _ | _ | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 50 | |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | I | 2 |
| 34- All other accidents | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| 35. Suicide | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| TOTALS | 1 228 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 180 | 176 | 224 | 609 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 112 | 142 | 320 | 619 |