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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
Twickenham 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 3
| Cause of Death | Age Group | Total | Grand Total | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75 and over | ||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 28 | ||
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 12 | 56 | ||
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 8 | - | 6 | - | 7 | - | 23 | 23 | ||
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | 12 | 12 | ||
| Other malignant & lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 26 | 26 | 72 | 62 | 134 | ||
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 63 | 50 | 91 | 141 | ||
| Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 52 | 16 | 38 | 21 | 42 | 50 | 135 | 87 | 222 | ||
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | ||
| Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 90 | 50 | 13 | 163 | ||
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 22 | 49 | ||
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 69 | ||
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 23 | 69 | ||
| Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 4 | ||
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Congenital malformations | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 13 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 46 | 47 | 93 | ||
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 10 | 6 | 16 | ||
| All other accidents | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 21 | ||
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Homicide and operations of war | - | — | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | - | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 154 | 94 | 177 | 131 | 214 | 360 | 594 | 612 | 1206 | |||