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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 1973
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE III
Causes of Deaths (Males) at various ages, 1973
| Causes of Death | All Ages | Under 4 Weeks | 1 Month to 1 year | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.l | 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 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 6 | B.6 | (1) Late effects of Tuberculosis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 7 | B.7 | (2) Other Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| H | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | B.12 | Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | B.l3 | Smallpox | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | B.14 | Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | B.l5 | Typhus & Other Rickettsioses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | B.16 | Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | B.17 | Syphilis and its Sequelae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | B.l8 | All Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | B.19 | (1) Malignant Neoplasm, sitic Diseases etc. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 21 | B.19 | (2) Malignant Neoplasm, Oesophagus | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | B.19 | (3) Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 23 | B.19 | (4) Malignant Neoplasm, Intestine | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| 24 | B.19 | (5) Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| 25 | B.19 | (6) Malignant Neoplasm, Luna. Bronchus | 119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 29 | 48 | 30 |
| 26 | B.19 | (7) Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | B.19 | (8) Malignant Neoplasm Uterus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | B.19 | (9) Malignant Neoplasm, Prostate | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 29 | B.19 | (10) Leukaemia | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 30 | B.19 | (11) Other Malignant Neoplasms | 77 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 10 |
| 31 | B.20 | Benign & Unspecified Neo- plasms | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | B.21 | Diabetes Mellitus | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 |
| 33 | B.22 | Avitaminoses & Other Nutritional Deficiency | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | B.46 | (1) Other Endocrine, Nutri tional & Metabolic Diseases | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| 35 | B.23 | Anaemias | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | B.46 | (2) Other Diseases of Blood & Blood-forming Organs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carried forward | 302 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 72 | 120 | 70 | ||