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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
Hampstead 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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CAUSES OF DEATH.
| CAUSE of DEATH. | MALES-AGES | FEMALES-AGES | Total Males and Females | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TotalMales | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 and over | TotalFemales | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 and over | ||
| Tuberculosis respiratory | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Tuberculosis other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 39 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | l | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 16 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 84 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 103 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 142 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 19 | 40 | 29 | 49 | 109 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 33 | 69 | 251 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Other heart disease | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 18 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 88 |
| Other circulatory disease | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 53 |
| Influenza | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 37 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 31 | 77 |
| Bronchitis | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 11 | 39 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 8 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pregnancy, child birth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Congenital malformations | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 35 | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 73 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| All other accidents | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 3 | - | 4 | 18 |
| Suicide | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 28 |
| Homicide and operations of war | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTAL:- | 460 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 94 | 104 | 168 | 534 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 7 | 17 | 33 | 61 | 115 | 285 | 994 | |