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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
Wood Green 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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TABLE 11A Males
| Causes of death | All ages | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis respira-tory | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | _ |
| Tuberculosis other | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm stomach | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Malignant neoplasm. | ||||||||||||
| lung bronchus | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 23 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Diabetes | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 14 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Other heart diseases | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Other circulatory disease | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 36 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 16 | 9 |
| Other disease of respiratory system | 1 | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | - | - |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 2 | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nephritis & nephrosis | 2 | - | - | - | " | " | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Totals carried forward | 234 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 47 | 79 | 52 |