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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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| Causes of Death | All Ages | Under 4 Weeks | Month to 1 year | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. 1 Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | B. 2 Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | B. 3 Bacillary Dysentery & Amoebiasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | B. 4 Enteritis & Other Diarrhoeal Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | B. 5 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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. 11 Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | B.12 Acute PoliomyeJtiis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 18 | B.18 All Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 19 | B.19 (1) Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 20 | B.19 (2) Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 |
| 21 | B.19 (3) Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 6 |
| 22 | B.19 (4) Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | B.19 (5) Leukaemia | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | B.19 (6) Other Malignant Neoplasms, incl.. Neoplasms of Lymphatic & Haematopoietic Tissue | 115 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 36 |
| 25 | B.20 Benign & Unspecified Neoplasms | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 26 | B.21 Diabetes Mellitus | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | B.22 Avitaminoses & Other Nut- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | B.46 (1) Other Endocrine, Nutri-tritional & Metabolic Diseases | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | B.23 Anaemias | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | B.46 (2) Other Diseases of Blood & Blood-forming Organs | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 31 | B.46 (2) Mental Disorders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | B.24 Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carried forward | 263 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 71 | 69 | 75 | |