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 Hammersmith Borough]
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TABLE 1 - S.D.25 CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFF DURING 1967 IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH General Register Office, Someraet House, Strand, W.C.2.
| 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 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8. TUBERCULOSIS, OTHER | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. SYPHILITIC DISEASE | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 5. WHOOPING COUGH | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | • | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8. MEASLES | M | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. OTHER INFECTIVE AND PARASITIC DISEASES | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | . | . | 1 | - | - | 1 | . |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 10. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, STOMACH | M | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| F | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | |
| 11. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, LUNG, BRONCHUS | M | 146 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 52 | 55 | 26 |
| F | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | • | 1 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 10 | |
| 12. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, BREAST | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 43 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 13. MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, UTERUS | F | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 14. OTHER MALIGNANT AND LYMPHATIC NEOPLASMS | M | 134 | _ | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 40 | 39 | 37 | |
| F | 133 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 41 | 47 | |
| 15. LEUKAEMIA, ALEUKAEMIA | M | 6 | -- | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16. DIABETES | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17. VASCULAR LESIONS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM | M | 71 | - | . | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 29 |
| F | 163 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 97 | |
| 18. CORONARY DISEASE ANGINA | M | 327 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 31 | 90 | 107 | 91 |
| F | 203 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 26 | 46 | 124 | |
| 19. HYPERTENSION WITH HEART DISEASE | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| F | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 13 | |
| 20. OTHER HEART DISEASE | M | 61 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 10 | 15 | 27 |
| F | 109 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 17 | 79 | |
| 21. OTHER CIRCULATORY DISEASE | M | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 20 |
| F | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 46 | |
| 22. INFLUENZA | M | - | -- | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| 23. PNEUMONIA | M | 84 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 9 | 16 | 44 |
| F | 97 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 75 | |
| 24. BRONCHITIS | M | 107 | . | - | - | - | . | - | 1 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 47 |
| F | 37 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 13 | 16 | |
| 25. OTHER DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | M | 13 | - | 1 | - | . | 1 | - | . | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | |
| 26 ULCER OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM | M | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | . | - | . | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| F | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 27. GASTRITIS, ENTERITIS AND DIARRHOEA | M | 3 | - | - | - | . | . | - | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 |
| F | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 28. NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROSIS | M | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | . | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 29. HYPERPLASIA OF PROSTATE | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| 30. PREGNANCY: CHILDBIRTH, ABORTION | F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 31. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS | M | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | . | • | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| F | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| 32. OTHER DEFINED AND ILL DEFINED DISEASES | M | 79 | 21 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
| F | 93 | 16 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 37 | |
| 33. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS | M | 13 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 34. ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS | M | 29 | - | 1 | . | - | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| F | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 35. SUICIDE | M | 20 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ |
| F | 13 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | |
| 36. HOMICIDE AND OPERATIONS OF WAR | M | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| M | 1,234 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 29 | 1ll | 293 | 343 | 368 | |
| F | 1,142 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 163 | 260 | 587 | |
| TOTAL ALL CAUSES | 2,376 | 50 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 42 | 50 | 160 | 456 | 603 | 955 | |