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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
Harrow 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE VI
Deaths of Harrow Infants under 1 year of age 1962
| Cause of Death | AGE | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 day | 1-7 days | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3 weeks to 1 month | Total under 1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6-9 months | 9-12 months | Total under 1 year | |
| Encephalitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Congenital abnormality | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 18 |
| Atelectasis & birth asphyxia | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 5 |
| Prematurity | 16 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 29 | — | — | — | — | 29 |
| Acute Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Birth injury | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Haemolytic disease | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebral abscess | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Accident | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Malignant reticulosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 24 | 7 | — | 1 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 73 |
TABLE VII
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: CANCER OF LUNG AND BRONCHUS DEATHS WITH RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION
1952-1962
| Year | Population | Deaths/Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths/Lung Cancer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate per 100,000 | Number | Rate per 100,000 | ||
| 1952 | 219,000 | 34 | 15.52 | 91 | 41.55 |
| 1953 | 217,900 | 26 | 11.93 | 75 | 34.42 |
| 1954 | 217,700 | 28 | 12.86 | 83 | 38.13 |
| 1955 | 217,100 | 13 | 5.99 | 96 | 44.22 |
| 1956 | 216,200 | 13 | 6.01 | 81 | 37.47 |
| 1957 | 215,000 | 12 | 5.58 | 97 | 45.12 |
| 1958 | 214,300 | 8 | 3.73 | 82 | 38.27 |
| 1959 | 213,700 | 6 | 2.80 | 104 | 48.67 |
| 1960 | 214,370 | 10 | 4.66 | 135 | 62.98 |
| 1961 | 209,580 | 9 | 4.29 | 130 | 62.03 |
| 1962 | 209,600 | 5 | 2.38 | 133 | 68.22 |