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Leyton 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Deaths
The Registrar-Generals classification of causes of death by sex totals are shown in Table I on this page.
The total number of deaths in 1959 (1,388) compares with (1,338) 1958 the respective death rates per 1,000 population being 14.18 and 13.54.
CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE-1959
| AGE GROUPS-MALES | AGE GROUPS-FEMALES | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm stomach | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 51 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm breast | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm uterus | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 7 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 123 | - | - | 1 | _ | 1 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 61 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 62 |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukæmia | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 16. Diabetes | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 192 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 67 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 34 | 75 | 125 |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | 190 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 50 | 33 | 34 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 27 | 32 | 70 |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| 20. Other heart disease | 295 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 17 | 80 | 104 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 26 | 160 | 191 |
| 21. Other circulatory disease | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 |
| 22. Influenza | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 99 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 48 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 51 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 18 | 16 | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. Congenital malformations | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 88 | 6 | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 50 |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 15 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 31. All other accidents | 19 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 36. Suicide | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 1.388 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 169 | 185 | 260 | 652 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 103 | 177 | 430 | 736 | |
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