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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 1960
[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 1960 (1,395) compares with (1,388) 1959 the respective death rates per 1,000 population being l4.40 and 14.18.
CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE - 1960
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGE GROUPS - | MALES | AGE GROUPS - | FEMALES | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 1 5-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65-75 | 75 + | TOTAL MALES | 0- 1 | 1 - 5 | 5- 1 5 | 1 5- 25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 6 5- 75 | 7 5+ | TOTAL FEMALES | ||
| 1. | Tuberculosis, respiratory | 6 | - | . | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 2. | Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. | Syphilitic disease | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - |
| 6. | Meningococcal Infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. | Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 2 | - | . | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 10. | Malignant neoplasm stomach | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 11. | Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 70 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 12. | Malignant neoplasm breast | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 31 |
| 13. | Malignant neoplasm uterus | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 100 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 45 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 55 |
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleuksemia | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 16. | Diabetes | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 6 |
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 200 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 15 | 35 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 27 | 92 | 131 |
| 18. | Coronary disease, angina | 190 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 37 | 39 | 31 | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 26 | 46 | 81 |
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 |
| 20. | Other heart disease | 275 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 18 | 64 | 91 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 156 | 184 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 13 | 13 | 33 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 42 |
| 22. | Influenza | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 76 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 40 | 2 | - | - | . | - | 1 | 8 | 25 | 36 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 15 | 18 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 100 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 57 |
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 35. | Suicide | 13 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 1,395 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 173 | 186 | 249 | 645 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 96 | 157 | 461 | 750 | |