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Harrow 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE IV
Causes of Deaths (Males) at various ages, 1968
| Causes of Death | All Ages | Under 4 Weeks | 1 Month to year | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.1 | Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | B.2 | Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | B.3 | Bacillary Dysentery & Amoe- biasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | B.4 | Enteritis & Other Diarrhoeal Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | B.5 | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | B. 6 | Other Tuberculosis, including Late Effects | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | B.7 | Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | B.8 | Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | B.9 | Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | B.10 | Streptococcal Sore Throat & Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | B.ll | Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | B.12 | Acute Poliomyeltiis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | B.13 | Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | B.14 | Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | B.15 | Typhus & Other Rickettsioses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | B.16 | Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | B.17 | Syphilis and its Sequelae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | B.18 | All Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 19 | B.19 | (1) Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 20 | B.19 | (2) Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 34 | 42 | 28 |
| 21 | B.19 | (3) Malignant Neoplasm, | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | B.19 | (4) Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | B.19 | (5) Leukaemia | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | B.19 | (6) Other Malignant Neoplasms, incl. Neoplasms of Lymphatic & Haematopoietic Tissue | 123 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 33 |
| 25 | B.20 | Benign & Unspecified Neoplasms | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 26 | B.21 | Diabetes Mellitus | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | B.22 | Avitaminoses & Other Nut- ritional Deficiency | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | B.46 | (1) Other Endocrine, Nutritional & Metabolic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | B.23 | Anaemias | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 30 | B.46 | (2) Other Diseases of Blood & Blood-forming Organs | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 31 | B.46 | (3) Mental Disorders | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 32 | B.24 | Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carried forward | 284 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 77 | 93 | 74 | ||