London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barking 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH (all ages)
Diseases of heart and circulatory system 615
Cancer and other malignant diseases 417
Pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases
(excluding tuberculosis) 233
Diseases of the brain and nervous system 181
DEATHS FROM MALIGNANT DISEASES, 1965
| Site of Disease | Age at Death | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 years | 15-24years | 25-44 years | 45-64 years | 65-74years | 75 years+ | Total | ||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Lung/Bronchus | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 56 | 5 | 50 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 121 | 18 |
| Stomach | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 18 |
| Breast | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 17 | - | 8 | - | 7 | - | 36 |
| Uterus | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| Blood | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 | 3 |
| Other | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 39 | 24 | 34 | 28 | 15 | 19 | 96 | 73 |
| Totals | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 111 | 58 | 98 | 54 | 39 | 33 | 261 | 156 |