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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 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Table 1 (Continued)

Table 1 (Continued)

Table 1 (Continued)
Cause of deathAge groupAge group
Total all agesUnder 4 weeks4 weeks & under 1 year1 -45-1415-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475 and over
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
All other external causes52-----------12-1-1--11-
Total all causes110311101312105114394141417237853231133346251380611

Table: Table2Infant deaths according to age and cause 1971

Table2Infant deaths according to age and cause 1971

Cause of deathAge in days UnderAge in months
11234567-1314-2021-281234567891011Total
Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseases--------.-.---11-------2
Cerebrovascular disease----------1-----1----1
Pneumonia-------11-1-1----1---5
Congenital anomalies4------2-111---1-----10
Birth injury, difficult labour and other anoxic and hypoxic conditions2422---1-------------11
Other causes of perinatal mortality22-1-----------------5
Symptoms and ill-defined conditions--------1-1-3--------4
All other diseases----------1---1------2
Total all causes8623---411515111-1---40

Table: Table 3 Corrected notifications of infectious disease 1971

Table 3 Corrected notifications of infectious disease 1971

DiseaseTotalAge in years UnderAge in years
112345-910-1415-1920-3435-4445-6465 snf overAge knownCases admitted to hospital
Dysentery141-11--334-1--2
Encephalitis acute---------------
Food poisoning151-1-21-14-4--4
Infective jaundice88--13216711304104-45
Malaria3-----1--2----3
Measles4102251374469173913-1--6
Meningitis acute71----1-112---7
Para-typhoid fever---------------
Scarlet fever50---5331611----3
Tuberculosis pulmonary60--11--132313107-15
Tuberculosis non-pulmonary25--1----212352-6
Typhoid fever4-----21--1---4
Whooping cough36772241121-----1