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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
Deptford 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table I.
Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life
in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, 1931.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Sex.
All
Ages
0—
1—
2—
5—
15 —
25—
35—
45—
55—
65—
75-
All causes
M
68G
49
1G
14
16
27
30
30
88
137
155
124
f
598
44
4
12
12
28
33
38
54
89
122
1G2
Typhoid and Paratyphoid
Fevers
M
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
f
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Measles
M
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
F
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Scarlet Fever
M
4
..
2
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
F
2
..
..
l
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
Whooping Cough
M
9
4
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
F
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diphtheria
M
6
1
1
2
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
. ,
F
6
1
1
3
l
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Influenza
M
7
..
..
..
..
1
..
2
1
1
2
..
F
13
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
1
5
1
2
Encephalitis Lethargica
M
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
f
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Cerebro-spinal Fever
M
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
F
3
2
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Tuberculosis of respiratory
system
M
60
..
..
..
l
8
12
7
18
11
3
..
f
40
..
..
1
1
12
13
5
5
3
..
..
Other Tuberculous Diseases
M
5
..
1
..
l
1
1
..
..
..
..
1
F
9
..
..
1
3
..
4
1
..
..
..
..
Syphillis
M
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
l
..
1
..
..
F
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
General Paralysis of the
Insane, tabes dorsalis
M
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
l
..
1
..
..
F
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
1
..
..
Cancer, malignant disease
M
87
..
..
..
..
..
2
2
13
34
24
11
f
87
..
..
..
..
..
..
8
19
24
22
14
Diabetes
M
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
5
..
f
13
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
2
4
4
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.
M
16
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
5
7
f
25
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
9
12
Heart Disease
M
167
..
..
..
1
2
3
2
17
34
49
59
F
155
..
..
..
3
7
5
10
12
24
39
55
Aneurysm
M
6
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
3
1
..
F
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
Other Circulatory Diseases
M
25
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
5
12
7
F
15
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
3
9
Bronchitis
M
30
..
..
1
..
..
1
1
6
7
8
6
f
25
..
..
..
1
..
..
l
..
1
5
17
Pneumonia (all forms)
M
66
15
5
1
..
2
1
7
9
7
13
6
f
47
14
2
..
1
1
2
1
3
6
9 .
8
Other Respiratory Diseases
M
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
1
1
..
F
3
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
Peptic Ulcer
M
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
1
1
f
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
..
..
2
Diarrhoea, &c.
M
8
6
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
f
6
3
..
l
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
Appendicitis
m
10
..
..
3
1
1
..
..
3
..
2
..
F
5
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
1
1
1