London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Shoreditch 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CAUSES OF DEATH WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION

CAUSES OF DEATH (The figures in italics refer to the list numbers in the short list of the International List of Causes of Death)AGESSEXTotal deaths due to each cause.
Under 11 to 22 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and UpwardsMaleFemale
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers—————————————————
2 Measles—————————————————
3 Scarlet fever—————————————————
4 Whooping cough331———————————437
5 Diphtheria1—1—————__—_——_———22
6 Influenza—————__12221175611
7 Encephalitis lethargica—————————————————
8 Cerebro-spinal fever—1——1——————————22
9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system—————581111131267—417768
10 Other tuberculous diseases1——114——2—1—1—4711
11 Syphilis————————1211—_—145
12 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis————————114———516
13 Cancer, malignant diseases———————142142452018351134
14 Diabetes——————___—_121—174
15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc———————1——512104181432
16 Heart disease——1-—3136846877377134121255
17 Aneurysm—————————327—_—_577
18 Other circulatory diseases—_—_——————127251711243963
19 Bronchitis———————1341214107262046
20 Pneumonia (all forms)141——1—1—6916153317657
21 Other respiratory diseases———1—————2121—437
22 Peptic ulcer————————1—451—9711
23 Diarrhoea, etc.51————————————746
24 Appendicitis———1—1—1_1—_1——325
25 Cirrhosis of liver—————————1————1—1
26 Other diseases of liver, etc—————————1—12—224
27 Other digestive diseases11———11———232—8311
28 Acute and chronic nephritis——————21—4562—91120
29 Puerperal sepsis—————————————————
30 Other puerperal causes————————7——————22
31 Congenital debility, permature birth, malformations, etc.18—————————————91190
32 Senility————————___3251910
33 Suicide———_-—_113311_6410
34 Other violence2—331—1132610182242852
33 Other defined diseases2—134122761120113433073
36 Causes, ill defined or unknown—————————————————
Total Deaths (all causes)3410897161527458217626319060504438942