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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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19.
CAUSES OF DEATH 1970 (Contd.)
| CAUSE OF DEATH | AGE AT DEATH | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 yr | 1 and under 5 vrs. | 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 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 77 | 25 | 94 | 29 | 38 | 28 | 214 | 85 |
| 19. Malignant Neoplasm (contd.) (g) breast | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 18 | - | 9 | - | 8 | - | 43 |
| (h) uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 17 |
| (i) prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 8 | - | 14 | - |
| (j) Leukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| (k) Other malignant neoplasms | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 70 | 69 |
| 20. Benign and unspecified neoplasms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 21. Diabetes mellitus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 22. Avitaminoses and other nutritional deficiencies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23. (a) Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 24. Anaemias | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 23. (b) Other diseases of blood and blood forming organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23. (c) Mental disorders | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 25. Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 23. (d) Multiple sclerosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 23.(e) Other diseases of nervous system and sense organs | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| 26. Active rheumatic fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27. Chronic rheumatic heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | - | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 28. Hypertensive disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 21 |
| 29. Ischaemic heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 105 | 22 | 98 | 45 | 47 | 64 | 260 | 133 |
| 30. Other forms of heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | 10 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 27 |
| 31. Cerebrovascular disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 28 | 21 | 31 | 57 | 76 | 93 |
| 23. (f) Other diseases of circulatory system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 30 |
| carried forward | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 263 | 145 | 287 | 163 | 173 | 252 | 757 | 583 |