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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
Southwark 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. | I nstitutions. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | 0. | 1. | 2. | 5. | 15. | 25. | 35. | 45. | 55. | 65. | 75. | |||
| All causes | 1937 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Measles | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | 15 | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 14 | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 6. | Influenza | 13 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 7. | Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 8. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 5 | 2 | I | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 9. | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 130 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 10. | Other Tuberculous Diseases | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| 11. | Syphilis | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12. | Gen. Paralysis of Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| 13. | Cancer, Malignant Disease | 284 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 55 | 74 | 86 | 48 | 137 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 21 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| 15. | Cerebral Haemorrhage etc. | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 18 | 36 |
| 16. | Heart Disease | 513 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 71 | 166 | 209 | 146 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 18. | Other Circulatory Diseases | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 13 | 22 | 32 | 21 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 63 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 32 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 150 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 74 |
| 21. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 4 |
| 22. | Peptic Ulcer | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | - | 9 |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. | 28 | 23 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 27 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 8 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 26. | Othor Diseases of Liver | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 42 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| 28. | Acute and Chronio Nephritis | 93 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 16 | 36 | 29 | 78 |
| 29. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 30. | Other Puerperal Causes | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 31. | Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth, etc. | 58 | 57 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 |
| 32. | Senility | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 |
| 33. | Suicide | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 7 |
| 34. | Other Violence | 54 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 35. | Other Defined Diseases | 138 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 97 |
| 36. | Causes (ill defined) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 1937 | 152 | 26 | 19 | 38 | 58 | 71 | 92 | 219 | 348 | 474 | 440 | 808 | |