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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
Ilford 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes TABLE II
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1959
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and nnder 75 years | 75 years and upwards | ||
| ALL CAUSES | 2,037 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 491 | 542 | 879 | |
| 1 | Tuberculosis, respiratory | 12 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | 3 |
| 2 | Tuberculosis, other | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — |
| 3 | Syphilitic disease | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 4 | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Acute poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| 10 | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 17 | 10 |
| 1 1 | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 104 | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 42 | 13 |
| 12 | Malignant neoplasm, breast | 34 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 16 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 25 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 178 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 55 | 53 |
| 15 | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Diabetes | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 17 | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 242 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 35 | 70 | 132 |
| 18 | Coronary disease, angina | 326 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 88 | 106 | 123 |
| 19 | Hypertension with heart disease | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 19 | 38 |
| 20 | Other heart disease | 238 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 33 | 46 | 155 |
| 21 | Other circulatory disease | 94 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 22 | 20 | 48 |
| 22 | Influenza | 25 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 23 | Pneumonia | 144 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | 34 | 87 |
| 24 | Bronchitis | 137 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 42 | 53 |
| 25 | Other diseases of respiratory system | 25 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| 26 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 27 | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | Nephritis and nephrosis | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | Hyperplasia of prostate | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 30 | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Congenital malformations | 15 | 9 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 32 | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 146 | 17 | - | - | 1 | 13 | 25 | 29 | 61 |
| 33 | Motor vehicle accidents | 20 | - | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 6 | - | 5 |
| 34 | All other accidents | 40 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 35 | Suicide | 28 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 36 | Homocide and operations of war | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Special Causes (included above) Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |