Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CAUSES OF DEATH WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGES | SEX | Total deaths due to each cause | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to IS | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and Upwards | Male | Female | |||
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 3 | Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | - | 53 | 25 | 78 |
| 7 | Other tuberculosis | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | Measles | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ac. poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Ac. inf. encephalitis (lethargic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Cancer of buccal cavity and cesophagus (M.) uterus (F.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 14 | Cancer stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 10 | 13 | - | - | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 15 | Cancer breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 16 |
| 16 | Cancer, all other sites | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 2.2 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 31 | 74 |
| 17 | Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | Cerebral vascular lesions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 69 |
| 19 | Heart diseases | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 72 | 79 | 36 | 105 | 154 | 259 |
| 20 | Other circulatory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 39 | 7 | 94 | 47 | 141 |
| 22 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 17 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 38 | 80 |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 24 | Ulcer, stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 25 | Diarrhœa (under 2 yrs.) | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 26 | Appendicitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | —- | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 28 | Nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 29 | Puerperal and postabortive sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Premature birth | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 32 | Congenital malformations, birth inj., inf. dis. | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 33 | Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 3 | 5 | 1 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 51 | 39 | 18 | 172 | 127 | 299 |
| 36 | All other causes | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 64 |
| Total deaths (all causes) | 59 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 40 | 18 | 56 | 78 | 134 | 247 | 310 | 245 | 87 | 699 | 619 | 1318 | |