[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of].

  • Southwark (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1957?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS Causes of Death Total Deaths 1955 Total Deaths 1956 Age Groups 1956:— All causes—Males, Females 0— 1— 5— 15— 25— 45— 65— 75— Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 23 21 — — — 5 4 9 3 Tuberculosis—other forms 3 1 — — — — — 1 — — Syphilitic Disease 7 2 — — — — — — 2 — Diphtheria — — — — — — — — — — Whooping Cough — 1 — — 1 — — — — — Meningococcal Infections 1 — — — — — — — — — Acute Poliomyelitis — — — — — — — — — — Measles 4 — — — — — — — — — Other Infective and Parasitic diseases X — — — — — — — — — Malignant neoplasm stomach 39 34 — — — — — 11 13 10 ,, ,, lung, bronchus 57 61 — — — — 2 31 22 6 „ „ breast 12 18 — — — — 2 7 3 6 ,, ,, uterus 8 5 — — — — 1 2 1 1 Other malignant and lymphatic neo plasms 98 113 1 2 1 5 33 42 29 Leukaemia, Aleukemia 6 4 — — — — 1 — 3 — Diabetes 10 8 — — — — — 1 4 3 Vascular lesions of nervous system 171 129 — — 1 1 3 22 37 65 Coronary disease, angina 140 148 — — — 7 43 48 50