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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
Enfield 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE 4
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH
| CAUSE OF DEATH | Sex | Total All Ages | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | l- | s- | 15- | AGE IN YEARS | 55- | 65 - | 75 and over | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 - | 35- | 45- | |||||||||||
| Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculosis, including late effects | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Meningococcal Infection | M | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilis and its sequelae | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Malignant Neoplasm-Stomach | M | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 12 |
| F | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm-Lung, Bronchus | M | 141 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 16 | 46 | 54 | 21 |
| F | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm-Breast | F | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 1 | 22 | 20 | 16 |
| Malignant Neoplasm-Uterus | F | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Leukaemia | M | 18 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Other Malignant Neoplasms, etc. | M | 166 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 57 | 47 |
| F | 134 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 46 | 38 | |
| Benign and Unspecified Neoplasms | M | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | M | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| F | 14 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Other Endocrine, etc., Diseases | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| F | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anaemias | M | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mental Disorders | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Meningitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Other Diseases of Nervous System, etc. | M | 21 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| F | 29 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease | M | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| F | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
| Hypertensive Disease | M | 23 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| F | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | 31 | |
| Ischaemic Heart Disease | M | 480 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 32 | 140 | 160 | 137 |
| F | 338 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 29 | 82 | 224 | |
| Other forms of Heart Disease | M | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
| F | 102 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 79 | |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | M | 139 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 25 | 34 | 74 |
| F | 246 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 163 | |