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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 1962
[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 1962.
| 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 /ears | 5 and nnder 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and nnder 45 years | 45 and nnder 65 years | 65 and nnder 75 years | 75 years and upwards | |
| ALL CAUSES | 2,143 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 77 | 505 | 570 | 912 |
| 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory | 15 | _ | _ | _ | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 Tuberculosis, other | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 3 Syphilitic disease | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Whooping congh | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 Acnte poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - |
| 8 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 60 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 22 | 17 | 19 |
| 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchns | 98 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 42 | 44 | 10 |
| 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast | 46 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 |
| 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterns | 16 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 218 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 77 | 64 | 66 |
| 15 Lenkaemia, alenkaemia | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 16 Diabetes | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 Vascular lesions of nervons system | 266 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 50 | 67 | 147 |
| 18 Coronary disease, angina | 360 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 121 | 123 | 108 |
| 19 Hypertension with heart disease | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 18 | 15 |
| 20 Other heart disease | 236 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 23 | 42 | 166 |
| 21 Other circulatory disease | 96 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 18 | 63 |
| 22 Influenza | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 Pneumonia | 189 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 45 | 125 |
| 24 Bronchitis | 113 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 43 | 40 |
| 25 Other diseases of respiratory system | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 19 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 28 Nephritis and nephrosis | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 29 Hyperplasia of prostate | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 Congenital malformations | 14 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 187 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 81 |
| 33 Motor vehicle accidents | 25 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 34 All other accidents | 35 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 35 Suicide | 31 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 Homicide and operations of war | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Special Causes (included above) Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |