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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 1947
[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 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| 7 | Other forms of T.B. | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Cancer of buccal cavity, oesophagus (M), uterus (F) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 10 | 2 | - | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 9 | 9 |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 44 | 25 | 69 |
| 17 | Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | — | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | Intracranial vascular lesions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 32 | 58 |
| 19 | Heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 50 | 19 | 81 | 67 | 148 |
| 20 | Other diseases of the circulatory system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 49 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 42 | 15 | 57 |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| 23 | Other respiratory disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 24 | Ulceration of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea (under 2) | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Appendicitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 | - | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 28 | Nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 29 | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Premature birth | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 32 | Congenital malformations and birth injury | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 33 | Suicide | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 36 | All other causes | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 38 |
| Total Deaths (all causes) | 43 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 51 | 95 | 177 | 172 | 44 | 363 | 298 | 661 | |