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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Deaths and Death Rate
There was a rise in the death rate, the figure of 12.45 comparing with
one of 11 .09 for the previous year
To make an approximate allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution
of the local population differs from that of England and Wales as a
whole, the crude death rate is multiplied by a comparability factor supplied by
the Registrar General, In 1962, this factor was 0.96 and so the corrected death
rate was 11. 95.
The corresponding rate for England and Wales was 11.9, so the figure for
Brentford and Chiswick was similar to the average rate for the country as a
whole
Table I gives a list of Causes of Death as classified according to the International system agreed by the World Health Organisation.
The principal causes of death were:-
| 1962 | 1961 | 1960 | 1959 | 1958 | 1957 1956 | 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circulatory Disease (including coronary disease) | 245 | 218 | 215 | 201 | 222 | 215 | 224 | 206 |
| Heart Disease Cancer (including | 76 | 73 | 84 | 76 | 99 | 82 | 91 | 96 |
| Leukaemia) | 155 | 134 | 126 | 123 | 130 | 135 | 153 | 139 |
| Cancer was the chief cause of death in 1962. coronary disease gave the next highest figure 134 deaths | ||||||||
| Deaths from Measles | Nil | |||||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough | Nil | |||||||
| Deaths from Diphtheria | Nil | |||||||
| Deaths from Puerperal causes | Nil | |||||||
| Deaths from Tuberculosis | 5 | |||||||
| Deaths from Poliomyelitis | Nil | |||||||
The distribution of cancer deaths in sites is shown below
| Site of Primary Growth | Fema1e | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | ||||||||
| 1962 | 1961 | 1960 | 1959 | 1962 | 1961 | 1960 | 1959 | |
| Stomach | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Lung, Bronchus | 34 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Breast | - | - | - | - | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
| Uterus | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Intestinal | 12 | 11 | 7 | - | 8 | 10 | 15 | 1 |
| Prostate | 5 | 9 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Bladder | 5 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Brain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Other | 17 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 25 |
| Leukaemia | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 81 | 71 | 56 | 58 | 74 | 63 | 70 | 65 |