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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
Waltham Forest 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH | TOTAL (ALL AGES) | AGE GROUPS - MALES | AGE GROUPS - FEMALES | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNDER 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75+ | TOTAL MALES | UNDER 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75+ | TOTAL FEMALES | ||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4. Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - | 1 | - | . | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8. Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm stomach | 67 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 38 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 193 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 64 | 66 | 31 | 162 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm breast | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 63 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm uterus | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms . | 314 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 57 | 44 | 55 | 166 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 41 | 37 | 63 | 148 |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 16. Diabetes | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 391 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 26 | 42 | 67 | 139 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 23 | 35 | 190 | 252 |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | 619 | - | - | - | . - | 9 | 143 | 143 | 97 | 392 | - | - | - | 2 | 40 | 70 | 115 | 227 | |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 20. Other heart disease | 282 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 20 | 46 | 83 | 1 | . | - | - | 2 | 15 | 24 | 157 | 199 |
| 21. Other circulatory disease | 119 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | 17. | 10 | 49 | 71 | |
| 22. Influenza | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 164 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 63 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 12 | 81 | 101 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 172 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 34 | 47 | 50 | 133 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 39 |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 21 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 16 | - | . | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostrate | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 31. Congenital malformations | 29 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 13 | 9 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 16 |
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 213 | 14 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 19 | 15 | 30 | 83 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 65 | 130 |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 28 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 34. All other accidents | 41 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 35. Suicide | 23 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | - | - | . | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 2,898 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 409 | 455 | 478 | 1,443 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 245 | 285 | 843 | 1,455 |