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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING 1970
| CAUSE OF DEATH | ALL AGES | under weeks | 4 weeks &. under 1 year | AGE IN YEARS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 4 5-54 | 55-64 | fi5-74 | 75 & over | |||
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bacillary Dysentery and Amoebiasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory system | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Other Tuberculosis Incl. late effects | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Streptoccal Sore Throat & Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus and other Rickettaioses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis and its Sequelae | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Infective and Parssltic Diseases | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Buccal Cavity, etc. | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Oesophagus | 11 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 57 | 36 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 19 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Intestine | 77 | 33 | 44 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 35 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 130 | 111 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 38 | 47 | 32 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 43 | 2 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Prostate | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Leukemia | 13 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 5 | 3 |
| Other Malignant Neoplasms | 149 | 75 | 74 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 33 |
| Benign and unspecified Neoplasms | 10 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 17 | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Avitaminosea and other Nutritional Deficiency | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | v |
| Other Endocrine, etc. diseases | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Anaemias | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |