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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
Merton and Morden 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE VI.
Secondary Causes of Death.
(Primary where not included in Table V.)
| Cause of Death | AGE GROUPS | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | 6-15 | 16-25 | 26-35 | 36-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | 66-75 | 76-85 | 86-95 | Over 95 | ||
| Rheumatic or Specific Infection of Heart | – | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 23 |
| Diabetes | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 | – | – | 10 |
| Leukaemia | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 6 |
| Prostate growth | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | 17 |
| Parkinson's Disease | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| Asthma | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 7 |
| Intussusception | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Meningitis | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Muscular Dystrophies | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Tumours of Central Nervous System | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Coronary Thrombosis | – | – | – | 1 | – | 11 | 13 | 26 | 18 | 2 | – | 5 |
| Gastric Ulcer | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 70 |
| Hemiplegia and Paraplegia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
| Disseminated Sclerosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Ac. Intestinal Obstruction | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Senility | — | — | — | — | — | — | – | 7 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 52 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 40 | 58 | 66 | 19 | 2 | 219 |
| Total Deaths in Group | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 67 | 132 | 177 | 160 | 45 | 5 | 651 |