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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 1944
[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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3 Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4 Whooping cough | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 14 | 13 | 27 | |
| 7 Other tuberculosis | -_ | 1 | -_ | -_ | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 Syphilitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| 9 Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| 11 Ac. poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12 Ac. inf. encephalitis (lethargic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 Cancer of buccal cavity and cesophagus (M.) uterus (F.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 14 Cancer stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3 | - | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| 15 cancer breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 16 Cancer, all other sites | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 8 | II | 23 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 16 | 55 | |
| 17 Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 Intra-cranial vascular lesions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 41 | |
| 19 Heart diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 70 | 52 | 122 | |
| 20 Other circulatory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | II | 15 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| 21 Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 44 | |
| 22 Pneumonia (all forms) | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 22 | |
| 23 Other respiratory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 24 Ulcer, stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 25 Diarrhoea (under 2 yrs.) | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 26 Appendicitis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | i | — | i | S | 10 | |
| 28 Nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 29 Puerperal and postabortive sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 30 Other maternal causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 31 Premature birth | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 32 Congenital malformations, birth inj., inf. dis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 33 Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 34 Road traffic accidents | — | — | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | 3 | — | 3 | |
| 35 other violent causes | 2 | | | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | 10 | 9 | 3 | - | 23 | 28 | SI | ||
| 36 All other causes | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 25 | 41 | 66 | |
| Total deaths (all causes) | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 31 | NO | 163 | 133 | 29 | 316 | 268 | 584 | |