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 Walthamstow]
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Causes of Death | Males | Females | Total | 1954 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2. Tuberculosis, other | 2 | 3 | |||||
3. Syphilitic Disease | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||
4. Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | |||
5. Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | |||
6. Meningococcal Infections | — | — | |||||
7. Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | |||
8. Measles | — | — | |||||
9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 20 | 18 | 38 | ||||
11. Malignant neoplasm, Lung, bronchus | 48 | 5 | 53 | 58 | |||
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | 31 | 31 | 26 | |||
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | 6 | 6 | 5 | |||
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 66 | 72 | 138 | 115 | |||
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 5 | ||||||
16. Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 56 | 73 | 129 | 137 | |||
18. Coronary disease, angina | 126 | 41 | 167 | 158 | |||
19. Hypertension with heart disease | 10 | 24 | 34 | 15 | |||
20. Other heart disease | 52 | 98 | 150 | 165 | |||
21. Other circulatory disease | 10 | 33 | 43 | 53 | |||
22. Influenza | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | |||
23. Pneumonia | 44 | 28 | 72 | 54 | |||
24. Bronchitis | 61 | 25 | 86 | 60 | |||
25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 13 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |||
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 19 | 5 | 24 | 25 | |||
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | |||
28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 5 | 9 | 5 | ||||
29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 8 | — | 8 | ||||
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | — | ||||||
31. Congenital malformations | 5 | 9 | 8 | ||||
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 55 | 42 | 97 | ||||
33. Motor vehicle accidents | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
34. All other accidents | 9 | 5 | |||||
35. Suicide | — | ||||||
36. Homicide and operations of war | |||||||
Totals, 1955 | 649 | 539 | 1,188 | — | |||
Totals, 1954 | 580 | 561 | — | ||||
Under lyr. | 1-2 yrs. | 2-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | ||
— | — | — | 2 | — |