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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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| Causes of Death | Under Month | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | 4 to 1— Weeks 1 year | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | ||||
| 267 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 7 | 34 | 67 | 72 | 83 | ||
| 36 B.46 | (3) Mental Disorders | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | I | - | - |
| 37 B.24 | Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 38 B.46 | (4) Other Diseases of Nervous System & Sense Organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 39 B.25 | Active Rheumatic Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 40 B.26 | Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 |
| 41 B.27 | Hypertensive Disease | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| 42 B.28 | Ischæmic Heart Disease | 231 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 20 | 54 | 151 |
| 43 B.29 | Other Forms of Heart Disease | 49 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 39 |
| 44 B.30 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 170 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 33 | 1?,?, |
| 45 B.46 | (5) Other Diseases of the Circulatory System | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 13 | 46 |
| 46 B.31 | Influenza | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 47 B.32 | Pneumonia | 99 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 78 |
| 48 B.33 | (1) Bronchitis, Emphysema | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 49 B.33 | (2) Asthma | 5 | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 50 B.46 | (6) Other Diseases of the Respiratory System | 11 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| 51 B.34 | Peptic Ulcer | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 52 B.35 | Appendicitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 53 B.36 | Intestinal Obstruction & Hernia | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| 54 B.37 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 55 B.46 | (7) Other Diseases of the Digestive System | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 |
| 56 B.38 | Nephritis & Nephrosis | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 |
| 57 B.39 | Hyperplasia of Prostate . . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 58 B.46 | (8) Other Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 59 B.40 | Abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 60 B.41 | Other Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth & | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 61 B.46 | (9) Diseases of the Skin & | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Subcutaneous Tissue | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 62 B.46 | (10) Diseases of the Musculo Skeletal System & Connective Tissue | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 63 B.42 | Congenital Anomalies | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 64 B.43 | Birth Injury, Difficult labour, & Other Anoxic & Hypoxic Conditions | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 65 B.44 | Other Causes of Perinatal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mortality | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 66 B.45 | Symptoms & Ill-defined Conditions | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 67 B.47 | Motor Vehicle Accidents | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| 68 B.48 | All Other Accidents | 11 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 69 B.49 | Suicide & Self-inflicted Injuries | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 70 B.50 | All Other External Causes | 4 | - | - | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | — | 1 |
| 71 B.46 | (4) Multiple Sclerosis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| TOTAL—All Causes | 1,077 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 129 | 236 | 621 | |