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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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Table 1 Causes of deaths at different periods of life for 1969
| Cause of death | Age group | Age group | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total all ages | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks & under 1 year | 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 | |
| Enteritis and other diarrhoel diseases | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Other tuberculosis including late effects | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Syphilis and its sequelae | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm buccal cavity etc. | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm oesophagus | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm stomach | 22 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 10 | - | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Malignant neoplasm intestine | 32 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| Malignant neoplasm larynx | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm lung bronchus | 137 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 55 | 10 | 29 | 5 | |
| Malignant neoplasm breast | - | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 10 | - | 16 | - | 16 | - | 4 |
| Malignant neoplasm uterus | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Malignant neoplasm prostate | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 9 | - |
| Leukaemia | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 70 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 18 |
| Benign and unspecified neoplasms | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 10 | 13 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Avitaminoses and other nutritional deficiency | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anaemias | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Active rheumatic fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 5 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 9 |
| Hvpertensive disease | 13 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 331 | 253 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 27 | 8 | 101 | 29 | 104 | 55 | 91 | 161 |
| Other forms of heart disease | 68 | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 40 | 84 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 78 | 157 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 33 | 102 |
| Influenza | 6 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Pneumon ia | 58 | 92 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 63 |
| Bronchitis and emphvsema | 111 | 27 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 24 | 6 | 48 | 8 | 35 | 13 |
| Asthma | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Peptic ulcer | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 3 |
| Appendicitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Intestinal obstruction and hernia | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Abortion | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
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