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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table 1.
Causes of Death at Different Periods of Life in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, 1933.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All Ages | 0- | l— | 2— | 5— | 15- | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | M | 665 | 51 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 39 | 63 | 133 | 158 | 142 |
F | 582 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 36 | 41 | 84 | 128 | 189 | |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | M | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fevers | F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | M | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | M | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | M | 25 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
F | 27 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | M | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M | 52 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
F | 42 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | M | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Ceneral Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis | M | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. |
F | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Cancer, malignant disease | M | 76 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 14 |
F | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 14 | |
Diabetes | M | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 |
F | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | M | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 8 |
F | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
Heart Disease | M | 135 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 44 | 50 |
F | 146 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 71 | |
Aneurysm | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Other Circulatory Diseases | M | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 17 | 14 |
F | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | |
Bronchitis | M | 35 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
F | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 46 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 6 |
F | 38 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | l | .. | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
Other Respiratory Diseases | M | 13 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
F | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Peptic Ulcer | M | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
F | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Diarrhoea, &c. | M | 8 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Appendicitis | M | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
F | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |