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 Kensington Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1963
Cause of death | All Ages | Under 1 yr | 1 yr and under5 | 5 yrsand under^5 | 45 yrsand under65 | 65 yrsand over |
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Respiratory tuberculosis | 11 | _ | - | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Syphilis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal infections | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other infective diseases, etc. | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
Cancer (all forms) | 351 | - | - | 12 | 120 | 219 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Diabetes | 8 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 175 | - | - | 25 | 146 | |
Coronary disease, angina | 321 | - | - | 9 | 228 | |
Hypertension with heart disease | 21 | - | - | - | 1 | 20 |
Other heart disease | 133 | - | - | 6 | 113 | |
Other diseases of circulatory system | 115 | - | 16 | 95 | ||
Influenza | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 8 |
Pneumonia | 105 | 18 | - | - | 14 | 73 |
Bronchitis | 126 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 93 |
Other respiratory diseases | 13 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 9 |
Ulcers of the stomach | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Nephritis and nephrosis | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | 3 | 3 | ||||
Congenital malformations | 19 | 15 | - | - | - | |
All other diseases | 169 | 43 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 80 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 18 | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
All other accidents | 58 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |
Suicide | 54 | - | - | 29 | 20 | 5 |
Homicide and operations of war | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
TOTALS | 1,757 | 83 | 13 | 117 | 1,150 |