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Harrow 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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TABLE III

Deaths of Harrow Residents during 1971 — Registrar General's Return

Causes of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
1B.lCholera
2B.2Typhoid Fever
3B.3Bacillary Dysentery and Amoebiasis
4B.4Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases33
5B.5Tuberculosis of Respiratory System11
6B.6(1) Late effects of Tuberculosis22
7 !(2) Other Tuberculosis11
8B.7Plague
9B.8Diphtheria
10B.9Whooping Cough
11B.10Streptococcal Sore Throat and Scarlet Fever
12B.l1Meningococcal Infection11
13B.l2Acute Poliomyelitis
14B.l3Smallpox
15B.l4Measles
16B.l5Typhus and Other Rickettsioses
17B.l6Malaria
18B.17Syphilis and its sequelae11
19B.l8All Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases11
20B.19(1) Malignant Neoplasm—Buccal Cavity and Pharynx224
21B.19(2) Malignant Neoplasm—Oesophagus7411
22B.19(3) Malignant Neoplasm—Stomach261238
23B.19(4) Malignant Neoplasm—Intestine363470
24B.19(5) Malignant Neoplasm—Larynx33
25B.19(6) Malignant Neoplasm—Lung, Bronchus11121132
26B.19(7) Malignant Neoplasm—Breast15455
27B.19(8) Malignant Neoplasm—Uterus1212
28B.19(9) Malignant Neoplasm—Prostate1414
29B.19(10) Leukaemia10616
30B.19(11) Other Malignant Neoplasms7168139
31B.20Benign and Unspecified Neoplasms347
32B.21Diabetes Mellitus7815
33B.22Avitaminoses and Other Nutritional Deficiency11
34B.46(1) Other Endocrine, Nutritional & Metabolic Diseases347
35B.23Anaemias33
36B.46(2) Other Diseases of Blood and Blood-forming Organs11
37B.46(3) Mental Disorders11
38B.46(4) Multiple Sclerosis235
39B.24Meningitis
40B.46(5) Other Diseases of Nervous System & Sense Organs121527
41B.25Active Rheumatic Fever
42B.26Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease92938
43B.27Hypertensive Disease212445
44B.28Ischaemic Heart Disease318212530
45B.29Other Forms of Heart Disease274370
46B.30Cerebrovascular Disease99159258
47B.46(6) Other Diseases of the Circulatory System4164105
48B.31Influenza145
49B.32Pneumonia69100169
50B.33(1) Bronchitis, Emphysema662793
51B.33(2) Asthma314
52B.46(7) Other Diseases of the Respiratory System91625
53B.34Peptic Ulcer5712
54B.35Appendicitis415
55B.36Intestinal Obstruction and Hernia66
56B.37Cirrhosis of Liver448
57B.46(8) Other Diseases of the Digestive System141630
58B.38Nephritis and Nephrosis426
59B.39Hyperplasia of Prostate1—–1
60B.46(9) Other Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System71623
61B.40Abortion
62B.41Other Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium11
63B.46(10) Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue44
64B.46(11) Diseases of the Musculo-Skeletal System and Connective Tissue66
65B.42Congenital Anomalies8614
66B.43Birth Injury, Difficult Labour, and Other Anoxic and Hypoxic Conditions7310
67B.44Other Causes of Perinatal Mortality44
68B.45Symptoms and Ill-defined Conditions134
69B.47Motor Vehicle Accidents12921
70B.48All Other Accidents7714
71B.49Suicide and Self-inflicted Injuries10919
72B.50All Other External Causes5510
TOTAL106910422111