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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE V
Causes of Death (Females) at various ages, 1967
| Cause of Death | Under All 4 Ages weeks | 1 month to 1 year | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75-Over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tubercolusis, respiratory | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — |
| 4. Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6. Meningococcal infections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8. Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9. Other infective & parasitic diseases | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 11. Malignantn'plsm, lungs, bronchus | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 13 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 131 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 36 | 48 |
| IS. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 16. Diabetes | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 190 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 130 |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 97 |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 9 |
| 20. Other heart disease | 127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | 16 | 101 |
| 21. Other circulatory disease | 64 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 44 |
| 22. Influenza | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 61 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 12 | 44 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 5 |
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis, diarrhoea | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 |
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of Prostate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31. Congenital malformations | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 32. Other defined & ill-defined diseases | 78 | 16 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 12 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 34. All other accidents | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 35. Suicide | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,037 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 45 | 125 | 238 | 567 |