London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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Comparison of the above rates with those of England and Wales is shown on the following table:—
| Cause of Death | ALL AGES | Under 4 week s | 4 weeks & under 1 year | AGE IN YEARS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 2S-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 5 5-6 4 | 65-74 | 75 & over | |||
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | . - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bacillary Dysentery and Amoebiasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - |
| Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculosis incl. late effects | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Streptococcal Sore Throat At Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Typhus and other Rickettsioses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| M alaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilis and its Sequelae | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | ||
| Malignant Neoplasm, Buccal Cavity, etc. | 9 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Malignant Neoplasm, Oesophagus | 12 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 39 | 21 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 10 | 13 | 24 | 13 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Intestine | 61 | 29 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | - | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 129 | 106 | 23 | - | - | - | 3 | 13 | 43 | 19 | 11 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 54 | 1 | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Prostate | IS | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Leukemia | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 36 | 41 | |||
| Other Malignant Neoplasms | 154 | 75 | 79 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | ||
| Benign and unspecified Neoplasms | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 20 | 9 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Avitaminoses and other Nutritional Deficiency | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Other Endocrine, etc. diseases | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Anaemias | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |