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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
Shoreditch 1942
[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 15 | 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 |
| –_ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 Whooping cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 28 | 19 | 47 | |
| 7 Other tuberculosis | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 Syphilitic diseases | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 11 Ac. poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| 15Cancer breast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 58 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 37 | 56 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 48 | 41 | 14 | 144 | |||
| 20 Other circulatory dis eases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 56 | ||
| 22 Pneumonia (all forms) | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | 9 | 7 | – | 22 | 10 | 32 | |
| – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 7 | |
| 25Diarrhœ(under 2yrs.) | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 Appendicitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 28 Nephritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 29 Puerperal and postabortive sepsis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 30 Other maternal causes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 35 Other violent causes | 3 | — | — | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 50 | ||
| Total deaths (all causes). | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 35 | 57 | 123 | 156 | 110 | 31 | 332 | 279 | 611 |