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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV.
Deaths of Hendon residents during the year 1959 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 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | |||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3. Syphilitic Disease | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 4. Diphtheria | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | M | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 8. Measles | M | |||||||||
| F | ||||||||||
| 9. Other Infective & Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| F | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 2 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 29 | ||||
| F | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |||||
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 1 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 67 | ||||
| F | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | |||||||||
| F | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 46 | |||||
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | M | |||||||||
| F | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| 14. Other Malignant & Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 1 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 82 | ||
| F | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 26 | 34 | 86 | |||
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| F | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| 16. Diabetes | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| F | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 17. Vascular lesions of Nervous System | M | 2 | 21 | 17 | 47 | 87 | ||||
| F | 24 | 32 | 80 | 136 | ||||||
| 18. Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 6 | 73 | 57 | 54 | 190 | ||||
| F | 1 | 17 | 29 | 49 | 96 | |||||