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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
Leyton 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE - 1963
| CAUSES OF DEATH | TOTAL | UNDER 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45- 64 | 65-74 | 75+ | TOTAL MALES | UNDER 1 | 1- 4 | 5- 14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75+ | TOTAL FEMALES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tuberculosis, respiratory | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 2. | Tuberculosis, other | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Syphilitic disease | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 4 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. | Meningococcal Infections | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 7. | Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10. | Malignant neoplasm stomach | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 5 |
| 11. | Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 76 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 37 | 22 | 6 | 67 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 12. | Malignant neoplasm breast | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 13. | Malignant neoplasm uterus | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | - | - | 8 |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 94 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 43 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 51 |
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | -. | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 16. | Diabetes | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | . | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ?. | 2 | 5 |
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 180 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 27 | 78 | 116 |
| 18. | Coronary disease angina | 210 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 39 | 36 | 40 | 119 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 28 | 45 | 91 |
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | 33 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 17 | 21 |
| 20. | Other heart disease | 210 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 7 | 54 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 17 | 111 | 139 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 84 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 12 | 25 | 45 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 39 |
| 22. | Influenza | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 136 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 14 | 30 | 55 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 12 | 62 | 81 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | 84 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 59 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 83 | 8 | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 7 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 49 |
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | 17 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 35. | Suicide | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 1,370 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 187 | 165 | 258 | 660 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 99 | 144 | 428 | 710 | |
Deaths
The Registrar-General's classification of causes of death by sex totals are shown In Table I on this page.
The total number of deaths in 1963 (1,370) compares with (1,394) in 1962 the respective death rates per 1,000 population
being 14.80 and 14.99
(6)