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Harrow 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE IV
Causes of Deaths (Males) at various ages, 1969
| Causes of Death | All Ages | Under 4 Weeks | 1 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 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5 | B.5 | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 6 | B.6 | Other Tuberculosis, including Late Effects | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 19 | B.19 | (1) Malignant Neoplasm, Buccal Cavity, etc. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 20 | B.19 | (2) Malignant Neoplasm, Oesophagus | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| 21 | B.19 | (3) Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 12 | 11 | 19 |
| 22 | B.19 | (4) Malignant Neoplasm, Intestine | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| 23 | B.19 | (5) Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 24 | B.19 | (6) Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 42 | 47 | 22 |
| 25 | B.19 | (7) Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | B.19 | (8) Malignant Neoplasm Uterus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | B.19 | (9) Malignant Neoplasm, Prostate | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 28 | B.19 | (10) Leukaemia | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| 29 | B.19 | (11) Other Malignant Neoplasms | 60 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
| 30 | B.20 | Benign & Unspecified Neoplasms | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 31 | B.21 | Diabetes Mellitus | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | B.22 | Avitaminoses & Other Nutritional Deficiency | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | B.46 | (1) Other Endocrine, Nutritional & Metabolic Diseases | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 34 | B.23 | Anaemias | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 35 | B.46 | (2) Other Diseases of Blood & Blood—forming Organs | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Carried forward | 300 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 90 | 87 | 84 | ||