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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Distribution of Deaths by Age and Cause
Registrar General’s Official Returns- 1963
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acnte poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitio diseaseis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm,, stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 13 | 70 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | - | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - | 14 | 14 |
| Other malignant & lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 64 | 52 | 116 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 73 | 53 | 102 | 155 |
| Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 69 | 24 | 55 | 31 | 51 | 56 | 178 | 112 | 290 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 24 | |
| Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 86 | 62 | 102 | 164 |
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 29 | 25 | 49 | *74 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 33 | 38 | 45 | 83 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 58 | 20 | 78 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Congenital malformations | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 7 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 46 | 84 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| All other accidents | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | 18 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 19 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 174 | 112 | 171 | 137 | 258 | 376 | 663 | 661 | 1324 | |