Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE NO. 7 NET DEATHS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR i960
CAUSES OP DEATH | All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and under 75 years | 75 years and upwards |
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All causes | 1424 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 343 | 380 | 609 |
Tuberculosis,respiratory | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Syphilitic disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 |
Malignant neoplasm,stomach | 47 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 18 | ||||
Malignant neoplasm,lung, bronchus | 75 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 32 | 31 | 10 |
Malignant neoplasm,breast | 31 | 2 | 18 | 5 | |||||
Malignant neoplasm,uterus | 11 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 152 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 39 | 59 |
Leukaemia, a leukaemia | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Diabetes | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 160 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 30 | 46 | 83 |
Coronary disease angina | 517 | 7 | 83 | 97 | 130 | ||||
Hypertension with heart disease | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 22 | |
Other heart diseases | 131 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 74 | |||
Other circulatory disease | 66 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 36 | ||||
Influenza | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Pneumonia | 97 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 66 | |||
Bronchitis | 3 | 14 | 25 | 45 | |||||
Other disease of respiratory system | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | |
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 17 | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 3 | ||
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | |
Nephritis and Nephrosis | 3 | - | 3 | - | |||||
Hypherplasia of prostate | 9 | - | 3 | ||||||
Congenital malformations | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 88 | 24 | 1 | - | 5 | 17 | 13 | ||
Motor vehicle accidents | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
All other accidents | 11 | 5 | |||||||
Suicide | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Homicide and operations of war | 1 | 1 |