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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
Battersea 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Causes of Death, 1962—(contd.).
| Causes of Death | Sex | AllAges | Per cent of total | 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16- Diabetes | m. | 6 | 045 | _ | — | _ | _ | — | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| f. | 4 | 0'30 | 1 | — | 3 | ||||||
| 1 '• Vascular lesions of ner-___vous system | m. | 67 | 4-98 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
| f. | 116 | 8-63 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 28 | 78 | |
| • Coronary disease, angina | m. | 145 | 1078 | _ | _ | __ | _ | 8 | 47 | 42 | 48 |
| f. | 88 | 6-54 | 16 | 19 | 53 | ||||||
| ly' hypertension with heart ___^^disease | m. | 3 | 0-22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| f. | 11 | 082 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | |
| Other heart disease | m. | 49 | 3-64 | 14 | 7 | 28 | |||||
| f. | 116 | 8-63 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 89 | |
| ' Other circulatory disease | m. | 15 | 112 | — | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| f. | 34 | 2-53 | 4 | 8 | 22 | ||||||
| Influenza | m. | 2 | 015 | 2 | |||||||
| f. | 8 | 0-60 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | m. | 48 | 3-57 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| f. | 53 | 3 94 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 10 | 31 | |
| Bronchitis ...... | m. | 63 | 468 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 18 | 20 | 23 |
| f. | 34 | 2-53 | 4 | 8 | 22 | ||||||
| Other diseases of respir-atory system...... | m. | 8 | 060 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| f. | 3 | 0-22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and ____duodenum ... \ | m. | 8 | 060 | — | _ | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| f. | 9 | 067 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| ' Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea ...... | m. | 2 | 015 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ |
| f. | 5 | 0-37 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Nephritis and nephrosis | m. | 3 | 022 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| f. | 2 | 015 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| hyperplasia of prostate 30^r~—--- | m. | 11 | 082 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| f. | |||||||||||
| "v- ^egnancy, childbirth, ~-____^bortion ...... | m. | ||||||||||
| f. | 1 | 007 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Congenital malform-___^ations... 3^7 —---- | m. | 6 | 045 | 6 | |||||||
| f. | 2 | 015 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Utje5. defined and ill- ■-----enned diseases 33 .--- | m. | 42 | 3-12 | 19 | _ | _ | _ | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| f. | 42 | 3-12 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 9 | 15 | |
| lyi°t°r vehicle accidents —— | m. | 12 | 0-89 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| f. | 7 | 0-52 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| ' other accidents | m. | 19 | 1-41 | 2 | _ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | _ | 4 |
| f. | 13 | 097 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| ■ Suicide -- | m | 9 | 0-67 | _ | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| f. | 6 | 0-45 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| "°micide and operations .__°t war | m. | ||||||||||
| f. | 1 | 007 | 1 |