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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Table 1
CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING 1966
| CAUSE OF DEATH | SEX | Total All Ages | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | AGE IN YEARS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75 and over | |||||
| 1. TUBERCULOSIS, RESPIRATORY | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| 2. TUBERCULOSIS, OTHER | M | - | - | -_ | -_ | -_ | - | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | - | -_ |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| 3. SYPHILITIC DISEASE | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 6. MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. OTHER INFECTIVE AND PARASITIC DISEASES | M | 2 | - | - | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | 1 | 1 | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| 10. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, STOMACH | M | 39 | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | 1 | 14 | 16 | 8 |
| F | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |
| 11. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, LUNG, BRONCHUS | M | 164 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 57 | 33 |
| F | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 3 | |
| 12. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, BREAST | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 47 | - | - | - | \- | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 13 | |
| 13. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, UTERUS | F | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 14. OTHER MALIGNANT AND LYMPHATIC NEOPLASMS | M | 135 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 43 | 32 |
| F | 135 | - | \- | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 41 | 43 | |
| 15. LEUKAEMIA, ALEUKAEMIA | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | -_ | 1 | -_ | 3 |
| F | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 16. DIABETES | M | 7 | -_ | - | - | 1 | - | -_ | -_ | 1 | -_ | 2 | 3 |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | |
| 17. VASCULAR LESIONS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM | M | 81 | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | 1 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 35 |
| F | 155 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 21 | 39 | 90 | |
| 18. CORONARY DISEASE, ANGINA | M | 298 | - | - | - | - | -_ | 2 | 6 | 40 | 76 | 88 | 86 |
| F | 216 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 25 | 60 | 127 | |
| 19. HYPERTENSION WITH HEART DISEASE | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | |
| 20. OTHER HEART DISEASE | M | 87 | - | - | - | - | 2 | -_ | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 46 |
| F | 128 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 85 | |
| 21. OTHER CIRCULATORY DISEASE | M | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 17 |
| F | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 44 | |
| 22. INFLUENZA | M | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| 23. PNEUMONIA | M | 84 | 2 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 42 |
| F | 88 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 11 | 67 | |
| 24. BRONCHITIS | M | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 22 | 37 | 46 |
| F | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 13 | 40 | |
| 25. OTHER DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | M | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 26. ULCER OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM | M | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | |
| 27. GASTRITIS, ENTERITIS AND DIARRHOEA | M | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | |
| 28. NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROSIS | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 29. HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 30. PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, ABORTION | F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | M | 11 | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 32. OTHER DEFINED AND ILL-DEFINED DISEASES | M | 81 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 |
| F | 110 | 18 | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 35 | ||
| 33. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS | M | 14 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 34. ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS | M | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | 5 | l | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| F | 24 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| 35. SUICIDE | M | 16 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| F | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | |
| 36. HOMICIDE AND OPERATIONS OF WAR | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| TOTAL ALL CAUSES | M | 1,286 | 39 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 100 | 301 | 351 | 395 |
| F | 1,229 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 66 | 168 | 300 | 606 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | 2,515 | 61 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 63 | 166 | 469 | 651 | 1,001 | |
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