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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
Hounslow 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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STATISTICAL TABLES
Table 1 Causes of death at different periods of life for 1968.
| Cause of death | Age group Total Under all ages 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | Age group | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 and over | ||||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bacillary dysentry and amoebiasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseases | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Other tuberculosis, including late effects | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhus and other rickettsioses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis and its sequelae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| All other infective and parasitic diseases | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and haemotopoietic tissue | 301 | 241 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 81 | 60 | 109 | 59 | 70 | 86 |
| Benign neoplasms and neoplasms of unspecified nature | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 10 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Avitaminoses and other nutritional deficiency | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anaemias | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -2 | 1 | - |
| Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Active rheumatic fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 9 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Hypertensive disease | 22 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 356 | 237 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 94 | 26 | 104 | 59 | 115 | 144 |
| Other forms of heart disease | 52 | 127 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 95 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 109 | 146 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 57 | 99 |
| Influenza | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 47 | 86 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 66 |
| Bronchitis, emphysema and asthma | 102 | 37 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 47 | 11 | 35 | 16 |
| Peptic ulcer | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Appendicitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Intestinal obstruction and hernia | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Abortion | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - |
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Delivery without mention of complication. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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