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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
Richmond upon Thames 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]
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Distribution of Deaths by Age and Cause Registrar General's Official Returns, 1965
| Cause of Death | Age Group | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75 and over | Total | Grand Total | ||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 23 | 48 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 41 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 97 | 26 | 123 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 22 | - | 8 | - | 10 | - | 41 | 41 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 9 | - | 17 | 17 |
| Other malignant & lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 28 | 34 | 32 | 46 | 105 | 114 | 219 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 16 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 53 | 146 | 95 | 189 | 284 |
| Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 105 | 7 | 75 | 55 | 83 | 117 | 267 | 181 | 448 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1/ | 14 | 29 | 43 | |
| Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 39 | 118 | 81 | 148 | 229 |
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 61 | 50 | 81 | 131 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 9 | 5 | i 1 | 10 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 128 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 26 | 17 | 74 | 32 | 106 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 8 | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformations | 10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 15 | 6 | 21 | ||
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 16 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 64 | 60 | 124 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 25 | ||
| All other accidents | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 311 | 169 | 299 | 214 | 384 | 682 | 1069 | 1106 | 2175 | |