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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
Hillingdon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Statistics, Infectious Diseases, Health Control Unit London (Heathrow) Airport
The following table shows causes of death as given in the Registrar-General's statistics, which are classified in accordance with the World Health Organisation Nomenclature Regulations.
| Cause of Death | Sex | Total all Ages | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | AGE IN YEARS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 5 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 to 34 | 35 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | 65 to 74 | 75 & over | |||||
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | - | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis, Other | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Syphilitic Disease | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | - | – | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| F | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 116 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 13 | 46 | 38 | 16 |
| F | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| F | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 8 | - | 6 |
| Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 129 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 40 | 32 |
| F | 104 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 38 | |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| F | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | - | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | 2 |
| F | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 103 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 54 |
| F | 166 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 17 | 32 | 112 | |
| Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 269 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 30 | 80 | 82 | 68 |
| F | 171 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 22 | 49 | 93 | |
| Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| F | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| Other Heart Disease | M | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 14 | 32 |
| F | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 89 | |
| Other Circulatory Disease | M | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| F | 61 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 35 | |
| Influenza | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Pneumonia | M | 50 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | - | – | – | 3 | 10 | 31 |
| F | 84 | 2 | 4 | - | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 62 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 64 | - | - | 1 | - | - | – | – | 3 | 19 | 16 | 25 |
| F | 25 | - | – | 1 | - | – | - | – | - | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | M | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | M | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | M | 4 | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | – |
| Congenital Malformations | M | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
| F | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | – | |
| Other Defined and Ill-Defined Diseases | M | 73 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| F | 86 | 11 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 32 | |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | M | 23 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| F | 7 | – | – | – | - | 3 | – | 1 | - | 1 | – | 2 | |
| All Other Accidents | M | 20 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 16 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Suicide | M | 11 | – | – | - | 1 | – | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| Total All Causes | M | 1,045 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 95 | 251 | 283 | 322 |
| F | 1,041 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 54 | 148 | 215 | 539 | |