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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 1967
[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, 1967
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infections | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 48 | 13 | 51 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 120 | 31 | 151 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 21 | - | 11 | - | 12 | - | 43 | 45 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 13 | 13 |
| Other malignant & lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | 3 | 26 | 40 | 39 | 29 | 50 | 44 | 123 | 118 | 241 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | i | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 47 | 150 | 100 | 193 | 293 |
| Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 84 | 22 | 96 | 56 | 73 | 123 | 257 | 201 | 458 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Other heart disease | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 117 | 78 | 149 | 227 |
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 13 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 77 | 43 | 102 | 145 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 72 | 60 | 89 | 149 | |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 75 | 35 | 110 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Congenital malformations | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 44 | 76 | 87 | 163 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| All other accidents | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 26 | |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 24 | 289 | 177 | 317 | 241 | 392 | 739 | 1072 | 1205 | 2277 | |