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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1969 (contd.)
| Cause of Death | AGE AT DEATH | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inder 1 yr | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25yrs | 25 and under 45yrs | 45 and under 65yrs | 65 and under 75yrs | 75 and over | Total | ||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| brought forward | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | 8 | 112 | 94 | 89 | 47 | 60 | 67 | 273 | 218 |
| 20. Benign Neoplasms and Neoplasms of unspecified nature | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 21. Diabetes Mellitus | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | – | 5 | 13 |
| 22. Avitarainoses and Other Nutritional deficiency | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | _ | _ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 23a.Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | |
| 24. Anaemias | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 23b.Other diseases of blood and blood forming organs | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | – | 1 | _ | _ | – | – | _ | 1 | – | 2 |
| 23c.Mental disorders | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 25. Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 23d.Other diseases of nervous system and sense organs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | _ | 4 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 26. Active rheumatic fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27. Chronic rheumatic heart disease | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | i | 8 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 25 | ||
| 28. Hypertensive disease | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | i | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 17 |
| 29. Ischaemic heart disease | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | i | 95 | 27 | 109 | 49 | 58 | 84 | 161 | |
| 30. Other forms of heart disease | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 7 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 31 | |
| 31. Cerebrovascular disease | – | – | – | – | - | – | – | – | 1 | i | 9 | 13 | 32 | 35 | 44 | 77 | 86 | 126 |
| 23e.Other diseases of the circulatory system | – | – | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 40 | ||
| 32. Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |
| 33. Pneumonia | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | - | 10 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 58 | 57 | ||
| carried forward | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 252 | 169 | 193 | 226 | 351 | 799 | 737 | |||