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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
Hammersmith 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith.
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The following table gives the causes of death at different periods of life during 1971 in the London Borough of Hammersmith:
| Cause of Death | Sex | All Ages | Under 4 wks. | 4 weeks & under 1 year | Age in years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 and over | |||||
| B5 Tuberculosis ol Respiratory System | M | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| B6(1) 1 ate Effects of Respiratory T.B. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| B6 (2) Other Tuberculosis | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| B17 Syphilis and its Sequelae | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| B18 Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| B19 (1) Malignant Neoplasm. Buccal Cavity Etc. | M | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| B19 (2) Malignant Neoplasm. Oesophagus | M | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | |
| B19 (3) Malignant Neoplasm. Stomach . | M | 30 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 8 | 8 |
| F | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| B19 (4) Malignant Neoplasm. Intestine | M | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| F | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| B19 (5) Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| B19 (6) Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 11 | 45 | 60 | 38 |
| F | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | |
| B19 (7) Malignant Neoplasm. Breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | |
| B19 (8) Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| B19 (9) Malignant Neoplasm. Prostate | M | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| B19 (10) Leukaemia | M | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| B19 (11) Other Malignant Neoplasms | M | 73 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 13 |
| F | 56 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 21 | |
| B20 Benign and Unspecified Neoplasms | M | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | |
| B21 Diabetes Mellitus | M | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | |
| B22 Avitaminoses, Etc | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| B46 (1) Other Endocrine Etc. Diseases | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| F | 8 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | |
| B23 Anaemias | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | |
| B46 (3) Mental Disorders | M | 10 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| B24 Meningitis | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| B46 (4) Multiple Sclerosis | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| B46(5)Other Diseases of Nervous System | M | 9 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 13 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 7 | 1 | |
| B26 Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease | M | 12 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| F | 25 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | |
| B27 Hypertensive Disease | M | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| F | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| B28 Ischaemic Heart Disease | M | 335 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 39 | 84 | 104 | 101 |
| F | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 25 | 62 | 150 | |
| B29 Other Forms of Heart Disease | M | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| F | 62 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 8 | 48 | |
| B30 Cerebrovascular Disease | M | 97 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 36 | 30 |
| F | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 104 | |
| B46 (A) Other Diseases of Circulatory System | M | 37 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||||||
| F | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 9 | 51 | |
| B31 Influenza | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | |
| B32 Pneumonia | M | 74 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 20 | 44 |
| F | 115 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 9 | 98 | |
| B33 (1) Bronchitis and Emphysema | M | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 16 | 44 | 31 |
| F | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |
| B33 (2) Asthma | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
| B 46 (7) Other Diseases of Respiratory System | M | 7 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |
| B34 Peptic Ulcer | M | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | |
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