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 1963
Causes of 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes: | 1,790 | 62 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 399 | 452 | 795 |
Tuberculosis,respiratory | 13 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Tuberculosis, other | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Syphilitic disease | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
Malignant neoplasm,stomach | 60 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22 | 14 | 23 |
Malignant neoplasm,lung, bronchus | 76 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 44 | 24 | 3 |
Malignant neoplasm,breast | 29 | - | - | - | - | l | 11 | 6 | 11 |
Malignant neoplasm,uterus | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 151 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 32 | 55 | 58 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 13 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Diabetes | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 7 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 169 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 32 | 53 | 82 |
Coronary disease, angina | 387 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 99 | 120 | 161 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 18 |
Other heart diseases | 166 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 24 | 25 | 111 |
Other circulatory diseases | 102 | - | - | - | 2 | 23 | 20 | 57 | |
Influenza | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
Pneumonia | 143 | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 18 | 20 | 94 |
Bronchitis | 151 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | 49 | 73 |
Other diseases of respiratory system | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | l | 3 |
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 10 |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Nephritis and Nephrosis | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Hypherplasia of prostate | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 |
Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Congenital malformations | 17 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 115 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 38 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 27 | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
All other accidents | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Suicide | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
Homicide | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |