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 1972
[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 Weeks | 4 weeks & under 1 year | AGE IN YEARS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | 1 - 4 | 5-14 | 15 - 24 | 25 - 34 | 35 - 44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65 - 74 | 75 & over | |||
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Bacillary Dysentery and Amoebiasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||
| Tubercxilosis of Respiratory system | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Other Tuberculosis incl. late effects | 1 | - | 1 | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Plague | - | - | _ | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Streptococcal Sore Throat & Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Smallpox | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ |
| Typhus and other Rickettsioses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| M alaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis and its Sequelae | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Buccal Cavity, etc. | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Oesophagus | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 53 | 40 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 16 | 19 | 13 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Intestine | 73 | 34 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 29 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Malignant Nsoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 132 | 103 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 46 | 47 | 21 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 48 | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 1,0 | 16 | 8 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Prostate | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| Leukemia | 12 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Other Malignant Neoplasms | 124 | 62 | 62 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 31 |
| Benign and unspecified Neoplasms | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | — | - | - | - | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Diabetes Mell.tus | 21 | 9 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Avitaminoses and other Nutritional Deficiency | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Other Endocrine, etc., diseases | 11 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Anaemias | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||