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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
Hendon 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV
Deaths of Hendon residents during the year 1956-classified according to age groups and sexes.
| Causes of Death | AGE GROUPS | TOTALS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 - 4 years | 5 - 14 years | 15 - 24 years | 25 - 44 years | 45- 64 years | 65 - 74 years | 75 years and over | ||||
| 1, | Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 2. | Tuberculosis, other | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 3. | Syphilitic Disease | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 4. | Diphtheria | M | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 5. | Whooping Cough | M | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 6. | Meningococcal Infections | M | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 7. | Acute Poliomyelitis | M | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 8 | Measles | M | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 9. | Other Infective & Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| F | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| 10. | Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | |||||
| F | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||||||
| 11. | Malignant Neoplasm Lung, Bronchus | M | 2 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 58 | ||||
| F | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
| 12 | Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 38 | |||||
| 13 | Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | M | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | ||||||
| 14. | Other Malignant & Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 4 | 36 | 34 | 22 | 96 | ||||
| F | 4 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 71 | ||||||
| 15. | Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 16 | Diabetes | M | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| F | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 17. | Vascular lesions of Nervous system | M | 1 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 81 | ||||
| F | 12 | 34 | 81 | 127 | |||||||
| 18. | Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 3 | 68 | 64 | 28 | 163 | ||||
| F | 1 | 18 | 29 | 54 | 102 | ||||||
Deaths of Hendon Residents-Continued TABLE IV (Continued)