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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
East Barnet 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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TABLE II
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1959
| CAUSES OF DEATH | All Ages | Under 1 year | 1-2 years | 3-5 years | 6-15 years | 16-25 years | 26-45 years | 46-65 years | 66 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Tuberculosis, other | |||||||||
| Syphilitic disease | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | |||||||||
| Whooping Cough | |||||||||
| Meningococcal infections | |||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||||||
| Measles | |||||||||
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 10 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| „ „ lung, bronchus | 22 | 13 | 9 | ||||||
| „ „ Breast | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| „ „ uterus | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Other Malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 30 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Diabetes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 60 | 70 | 40 | ||||||
| Coronary disease, angina | 59 | 2 | 12 | 45 | |||||
| Hypertension with heart disease | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |||||
| Other heart disease | 73 | 1 | 2 | 70 | |||||
| Other circulatory disease | 16 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| Influenza | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| Bronch tis | 17 | 6 | 11 | ||||||
| Other diseases of the respiratory system | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | |||||||||
| Nephritis and nephrosis | |||||||||
| Hyperplasia of prostrate | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | |||||||||
| Congenital malformations | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 31 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Motor vehicle accidents | |||||||||
| All other accidents | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Suicide | |||||||||
| Homicide and operations of war | |||||||||
| Totals | 400 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 102 | 258 |