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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV
Deaths of Hendon residents during the year 1957 - 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| F | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2. | Tuberculosis, other | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3. | Syphilitic Disease | M | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4. | Diphtheria | M | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 5, | Whooping Cough | M | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 6. | Meningococcal Infections | M | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 7. | Acute Poliomyelitis | M | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 8. | Measles | M | |||||||||
| F | |||||||||||
| 9. | Other Infective & Parasitic Diseases | M | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10. | Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 10 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |||||
| F | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | ||||||
| 11. | Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 2 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 61 | ||||
| F | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |||||||
| 12. | Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | |||||||||
| F | 2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 31 | ||||||
| 13. | Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | M | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 14. | Other Malignant &Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 36 | 91 | ||
| F | 1 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 20 | 85 | |||||
| 15. | Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 16. | Diabetes | M | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| F | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
| 17. | Vascular lesions of Nervous System | M | 16 | 16 | 30 | 62 | |||||
| F | 1 | 12 | 27 | 72 | 112 | ||||||
| 18. | Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 5 | 59 | 61 | 44 | 169 | ||||
| F | 1 | 15 | 28 | 36 | 80 | ||||||