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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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8.
CAUSES OF DEATH, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | AGES | SEX | Total deaths due to each ??? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 to 75 | Over 75 | Males | Females | |||
| 1. | Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2. | Tuberculosis, other forms | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 3. | Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 4. | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. | Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. | Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 10. | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 11. | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus. | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 12. | Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 8 |
| 13. | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatio neoplasms | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16. | Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 19 | 51 | 70 |
| 18. | Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 20 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 63 |
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 20. | Other heart disease | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 17 | 34 | 51 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 22. | Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 43 | 23 | 66 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | 5 |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28. | Nephritis and Nephrosis. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| 33. | Motor Vehicle accidents | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 35. | Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total Deaths (all causes) | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 112 | 129 | 237 | 255 | 261 | 516 | |