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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE IV
Causes of Deaths (Males) at various ages, 1971
| Causes of Death | All Ages | Under 4 Weeks | 1 Month to 1 year | 1– | 5– | 15– | 25– | 35– | 45– | 55– | 65– | 75– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 B.2 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 B.6 (1) Late effects of Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 (2) Other Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 B.7 Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 B.8 Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 B.9 Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 B. 10 Streptococcal Sore Throat & Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 B.11 Meningococcal Infection | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | ||
| 13 B.12 Acute Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 B.13 Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 B.14 Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 B.15 Typhus & Other Rickettsioses | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 B.16 Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 B.17 Syphilis and its Sequelae | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 B.18 All Other Infective and Para sitic Diseases | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 20 B.19 (1) Malignant Neoplasm, Buccal cavity, etc. | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 21 B.19 (2) Malignant Neoplasm, Oesophagus | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 22 B.19 (3) Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| 23 B.19 (4) Malignant Neoplasm, Insestine | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| 24 B.19 (5) Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 25 B.19 (6) Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 33 | 42 | 26 |
| 26 B.19 (7) Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 27 B.19 (8) Malignant Neoplasm Uterus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 B.19 (9) Malignant Neoplasm, Prostate | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 9 | |
| 29 B.19 (10) Leukaemia | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 B.19 (11) Other Malignant Neoplasms | 71 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 18 | 17 |
| 31 B.20 Benign & Unspecified Neoplasms | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 B.21 Diabetes Mellitus | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 3 |
| 33 B.22 Avitaminoses & Other Nutritional Deficiency | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 B.46 (1) Other Endocrine, Nutritional & Metabolic Diseases | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 35 B.23 Anaemias | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 B.46 (2) Other Diseases of Blood & Blood-forming Organs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |