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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
Tottenham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| DISEASE | Total | Under 1 year | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15 - 24 | 25 - 44 | 45 - 64 | 65 - 74 | 75 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, other | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic disease | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 18 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung bronchus | 71 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 7 | - | 7 | - | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm | 69 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 27 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Diabetes | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Vascular lesions of the nervous system | 47 | 85 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 26 | 51 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 163 | 107 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 60 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 55 | 66 |
| Hypertension, with heart disease | 8 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Other heart disease | 44 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 56 |
| Other circulatory disease | 32 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 23 |
| Influenza | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 56 | 85 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 27 | 66 |
| Bronchitis | 93 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 27 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 36 | 9 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | - |
| Ulcer of stomach & duodenum | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 |
| Gastritis enteritis & diarrhoea | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Nephritis & nephrosis | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Pregnancy, childbirth & abortion | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Other defined & ill defined diseases | 50 | 74 | 19 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 27 |
| Motor Vehicle accidents | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| All other accidents | 9 | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Suicide | 15 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Homicide & Operations of War | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 743 | 696 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 196 | 107 | 206 | 173 | 261 | 366 |