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, 1935.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All Ages | 0- | 1— | 2 — | 5— | 15 - | 25— | 35 — | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | M | 597 | 49 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 69 | 112 | 139 | 125 |
F | 509 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 51 | 76 | 105 | 178 | |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid | M | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Fevers | F | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Measles | M | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
F | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Scarlet Fever | M | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
F | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Whooping Cough | M | l | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
F | 4 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Diphtheria | M | 3 | . . | . . | 2 | l | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
F | 7 | . . | 1 | 1 | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Influenza | M | 5 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . . |
F | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | ||
Encephalitis Lethargica | M | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
F | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | M | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
f | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Tuberculosis of respiratory S) stem | M | 50 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 8 | 1o | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
f | 33 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | M | 4 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | |||
F | 2 | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Syphilis | M | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . |
f | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | |
General Paralysis of the | M | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . |
Insane, tabes dorsalis | F | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
Cancer, malignant disease | M | 101 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 26 |
F | 66 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . .V. . | 2 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 17 | |
Diabetes | M | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . |
F | 18 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | M | 24 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
f | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||
Heart Disease | M | 125 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 40 | 35 |
F | 135 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 65 | |
Aneurysm | M | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
F | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | |
Other Circulatory Diseases | M | 14 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
F | 24 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
Bronchitis | M | 26 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
F | 20 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 3G | 10 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
F | 28 | 6 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
Other Respiratory Diseases | m | 11 | .. | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . . | 4 | 2 1 | 1 |
F | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 | |
Peptic Ulcer | M | 6 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 |
f | 4 | .. | 1 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Diarrhoea, &c. | M | 13 | 10 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | |
F | 6 | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | |
Appendicitis | M | 5 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | |
F | 4 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . |