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 & Chelsea Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1968
Disease
Code
No.
All
Ages
Under
1 yr.
1 yr.
and
under
5
5 yrs.
and
under
45
45 yrs.
and
under
65
65 yrs.
and
over
Enteritis and Other
Diarrhoeal Diseases
B4
3
1
-
-
-
2
Tuberculosis of
Respiratory System
B5
11
mm
_
1
4
6
Other Tuberculosis,
incl. Late Effects
B6
7
—
-
2
2
3
Diphtheria
B8
-
-
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
B9
-
-
-
-
-
-
Meningococcal
Infection
B11
1
-
1
-
_
_
Acute Poliomyelitis
B12
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
B14
-
-
-
-
-
-
Syphilis and its
Sequelae
Bl7
3
mm
-
-
1
2
Other Infective and
Parasitic Diseases
B18
7
-
1
-
4
2
Malignant Neoplasm
Stomach
B19(l)
38
-
-
-
13
25
Malignant Neoplasm
Lung, Bronchus
B19(2)
130
-
-
3
68
59
Malignant Neoplasm
Breast
B19(3)
44
-
-
2
20
22
Malignant Neoplasm
Uterus
B19(4)
18
-
-
-
11
7
Leukaemia
B19(5)
8
-
-
2
2
4
Other Malignant
Neoplasms, etc.
B19(6)
241
-
3
9
73
156
Benign and
Unspecified Neoplasms
B20
4
mm
mm
1
2
1
Diabetes Mellitus
B21
14
-
-
2
-
12
Other Endocrine,
etc. Diseases
B46(l)
4
-
-
1
-
3
Anaemias
B23
4
-
-
-
1
3
Other Diseases of
Blood
B46(2)
1
-
-
-
-
1
Mental Disorders
B46(3)
7
-
-
5
-
2
Meningitis
B24
1
-
-
-
-
1
Other Diseases of
Nervous System, etc.
B46(4)
24
1
-
5
8
10
Chronic Rheumatic
Heart Disease
B26
39
mm
--
10
10
19
Hypertensive Disease
B27
33
-
—
2
10
21
Ischaemic Heart Disease
B28
455
—
—
5
88
362
Carried Forward
1,097
2
5
50
317
723