London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Shoreditch 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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CAUSES OP DEATH WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION.

CAUSES OF DEATHAGESSEXTotal deaths due to each cause
Under 11 to 22 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwardsMaleFemale
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers-----------------
2 Cerebro-spinal fever------------1--11
3 Scarlet fever-----------------
4 Whooping Cough1-------------1-1
5 Diphtheria-----------------
6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system--044652543-171633
7 Other forms of T.B.1-----12---1--325
8 Syphilitic disease----------22--224
9 Influenza--------11-22-426
10 Measles-----------------
11 Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis-1-----------1-1
12 Acute infectious encephalitis--------1------11
13 Buccal cavity oesophagus (M.) uterus (F.)---------2251-7310
14 Cancer of stomach and duodenum-------11341241141226
15 Cancer of Breast---------25121-1111
16 Cancer of all other sites-------2191423132442064
17 Diabetes--------1-2-1-134
18 Intracranial vascular lesions---------1618132142640
19 Heart disease-1---11249185651147483157
20 Other diseases of the circulatory system--------1279313922
21 Bronchitis1--------28221310312556
22 Pneumonia211---1-222762101626
23 Other respiratory disease---------11231358
24 Ulceration of stomach and duodenum--------3-12--516
25 Diarrhoea (under 2)31------------314
26 Appendicitis---------1-1---22
27 Other digestive diseases1----1---223114711
28 Nephritis---------3113-538
29 Puerperal and postabortive sepsis---------------11
30 Other maternal causes.-----------------
31 Premature birth10-------------4610
32 Congenital malformations and birth injury13---1--11-2---9918
33 Suicide------1-1--1--123
34 Road traffic accidents.---2----1---2-325
35 Other violent causes1------1---2513710
36 All other causes---22---176993211839
Total Deaths (all causes)334143681623488318114241297296593