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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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11.
CAUSES OF DEATH WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION
| CAUSES OF DSATH. | AGES | SEX | fatal 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 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 5 Diphtheria | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| 7 Other forris of T.B. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | i | 3 | |
| 8 Syphilitic disease. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | i | |
| 10 Measles | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 11 Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 Acute infectious encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 13 Buccal cavity oesophagus (M.) uterus (F.) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 14 Cancer of stomach and duodenum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 15 Cancer of breast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 7 | 7 |
| 16 Cancer of all other sites | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 66 | ||||||
| 17 Diabetes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 18 Intracranial vascular lesions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| 19 Heart disease | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 41 | 20 | 76 | 64 | 140 |
| 20 Other diseases of the circulatory system | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| 21 Bronchitis | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 43 |
| 22 Pheumonia | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| 23 Other respiratory disease | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 Ulceration of stomach and duodenum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | _ | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 Diarrhoea (under 2) | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 Appendicitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| 28 Nephritis | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 29 Puerperal and postabortive sepsis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 30 Other maternal causes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 Premature birth | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 32 Congenital malformations and birth injury | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| S3 Suicide | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 34 Road traffic accidents | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| 35 Other violent causes | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 36 All other causes | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| Total Deaths (all causes) | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 48 | 82 | 140 | 127 | 45 | 295 | 235 | 530 |