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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
Havering 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING 1969
| Cause of Death | ALL AGES | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks & under 1 year | AGE IN YEARS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-r34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 & over | |||
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bacillary Dysentery and Amoebiasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory system | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Other Tuberculosis incl. late effects | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Plague | _ | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Streptococcal Sore Throat & Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - ' | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus and other Rickettsioses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis and its Sequelae | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Buccal Cavity, etc. | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Oesophagus | 12 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 50 | 26 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 13 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Intestine | 54 | 20 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung,Bronchus | 150 | 118 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 23 | 45 | 49 | 31 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 45 | - | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Prostate | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Leukemia | 18 | 10 | 8 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Other Malignant Neoplasms | 126 | 56 | 70 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 30 | 30 |
| Benign and unspecified Neoplasms | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 14 | 3 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Avitaminoses and other Nutritional Deficiency | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Endocrine, etc. diseases | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | |
| Anaemias | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |