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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| AGE GROUPS - MALES | AGE GROUPS - FEMALES | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAUSES OF DEATH | TOTAL | UNDER 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45- 64 | 65-74 | 75+ | TOTAL MALES | UNDER 1 | 1- 4 | 5- 14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 6 5-74 | 75+ | TOTAL FEMALES |
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 4. Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8. Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm stomach | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 76 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm breast | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm uterus | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 114 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 53 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 15 | 15 | 29 | 61 |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 16. Diabetes | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 188 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 13 | 32 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 24 | 93 | 129 | |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | 211 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 41 | 37 | 42 | 123 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 10 | 27 | 49 | 88 |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 20. Other heart disease | 185 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 6 | l5 | 45 | 67 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 9 | 105 | 118 |
| 21. Other circulatory disease | 84 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 11 | 28 | 45 |
| 22. Influenza | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 106 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 13 | 27 | 46 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 12 | 45 | 60 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 70 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 47 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 5 |
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 31. Congenital malformations | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 5 |
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 117 | 8 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 17 | 13 | 25 | 75 |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | - | - | – | – | – |
| 34. All other accidents | 22 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 35. Suicide | 15 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| TOTALS | 1,347 | 13 | – | 2 | 5 | 21 | 170 | 164 | 240 | 615 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 99 | 145 | 447 | 732 |
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 1963 (1,370) compares with (1,347) in 1964 the respective death rates per 1,000 population
beinel4.80 and 14.73