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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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CAUSES OF DEATH
The World Health Organisation has revised the international statistical classification of diseases, injuries and causes of death under 65 headings. The following table shows cause of death as given in the Registrar General's statistics, which are classified in accordance with the revised 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 | |||||
| B3 Bacillary Dysentery, Amoebiasis | M | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| B4 Enteritis and Other Diarrhoeal Diseases | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| B5 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| B6 Other Tuberculosis, including Late Effects | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| B18 Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| B19(l) Malignant Neoplasm— Stomach | M | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
| F | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| B19(2) Malignant Neoplasm— Lung, Bronchus | M | 102 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 16 |
| F | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 7 | |
| B19(3) Malignant Neoplasm— Breast | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | |
| B19(4) Malignant Neoplasm— Uterus | F 14— — 1553 | ||||||||||||
| B19(5) Leukaemia | M | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| B19(6) Other Malignant Neoplasms, etc. | M | 120 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 32 | 26 |
| F | 91 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 2.7 | |
| B20 Benign and Unspecified Ne-plasms | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| B21 Diabetes Mellitus | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | |
| F | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| B22 Avitaminoses, etc | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| B46(l) Other Endocrine etc. Diseases | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| B23 Anaemias | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| B46(2) Other Diseases of Blood, etc. | M | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| B46(3) Mental Disorders | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| B46(4) Other Diseases of Nervous System, etc. | M | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 15 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | |
| B26 Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |
| B27 Hypertensive Disease | M | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| F | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 25 | |
| B28 Ischaemic Heart Disease | M | 325 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 41 | 102 | 83 | 85 |
| F | 207 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 52 | 127 | |
| B29 Other Forms of Heart Disease | M | 45 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| F | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 12 | 37 | |
| B30 Cerebrovascular Disease | M | 106 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 44 |
| F | 164 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 14 | 31 | 110 | |
| B46(5) Other Diseases of Circulatory System | M | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 16 | |
| F | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 6 | 30 | |
| B31 Influenza | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| B32 Pneumonia | M | 67 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 13 | 37 |
| F | 87 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 69 | |
| B33(l) Bronchitis and Emphysema | M | 97 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 22 | 36 | 35 |
| F | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |
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Statistics, Infectious Diseases, Health Control Unit London (Heathrow) Airport