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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Mote: (a) Absolute numbers are given in parenthesis in addition to rates to afford valid comparison
Deaths of Hendon residents (luring the year 1958 — 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 & over | |||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 3. Syphilitic Disease | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 Diphtheria | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 8. Measles | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 9. Other Infective & Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 14 | 5 | 6 | 25 | |||||
| F | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | ||||||
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 2 | 33 | 31 | 7 | 73 | ||||
| F | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |||||
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | |||||||||
| F | 14 | 11 | 9 | 34 | ||||||
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | M | |||||||||
| F | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| 14. Other Malignant & Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 76 | |
| F | 5 | 24 | 13 | 28 | 70 | |||||
| 15, Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| F | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 16, Diabetes | M | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| F | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| 17, Vascular lesions of Nervous System | M | 2 | 17 | 28 | 49 | 96 | ||||
| F | 14 | 41 | 68 | 123 | ||||||
| 18, Coronary Disease, Aagina | M | 3 | 76 | 73 | 51 | 203 | ||||
| F | 13 | 30 | 48 | 91 | ||||||