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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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| 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 diarrhoeal diseases | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Late effects of respiratory T B | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Other tuberculosis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilis and its sequelae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, buccal cavity etc. | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm, oesophagus | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 23 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| Malignant neoplasm, intestine | 32 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 17 |
| Malignant neoplasm, larynx | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, brochus | 102 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 9 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 43 | 10 | 18 | 10 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 13 | - | 11 | - | 12 | - | 13 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Malignant neoplasm, prostate | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 9 | - | 6 | - |
| Leukaemia | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Other malignant neoplasms | 62 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 23 | |
| Benign and unspecified neospasms | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Disbetes mellitus | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Avitaminoses, etc. | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Anaemias | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ~ | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 12 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| Hypertensive disease | 17 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 320 | 227 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 25 | 5 | 77 | 25 | 131 | 61 | 83 | 136 |
| Other forms of heart disease | 45 | 97 | - | • | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 84 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 86 | 149 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 97 |
| Influenza | 8 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 68 | 67 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -1 | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 37 | 52 |
| Bronchitis and emphysema | 63 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 17 | - | 25 | 9 | 20 | 10 |
| Asthma | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Peptic ulcer | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Intestinal obstruction and hernia | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | " | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Congenital anomalies | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | " | " | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Birth injury, difficult labour, etc. | 14 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | " | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other causes of perinatal mortality | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | " | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Symptoms and ill defined conditions | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | " | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
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