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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
Merton 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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Causes of Death at different Periods of Life in the London Borough of Merton during 1966
| CAUSE OF DEATH | AGE GROUP AND SEX | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 4 weeks | 4 Wks. & under 1 year | 1 to 5 years | 5 to 15 years | 15 to 25 years | 25 to 35 years | 35 to 45 years | 45 to 55 years | 55 to 65 years | 65 to 75 years | 75 years and over | TOTALS | |||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Tuberculosis: Respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis: Other forms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Syphilitic Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm: Stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 17 | |
| Malignant neoplasm: Lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 41 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 114 | 28 |
| Malignant neoplasm: Breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | - | 18 | - | 11 | - | 6 | - | 43 |
| Malignant neoplasm: Uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| Other malignant and Lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 38 | 31 | 30 | 37 | 103 | 105 |
| Leukaemia: Aleukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | 7 | 4 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 35 | 38 | 91 | 85 | 150 |
| Coronary Diseases: Angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 23 | 8 | 73 | 19 | 87 | 58 | 74 | 103 | 266 | 188 |
| Hypertension width Heart Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| Other Heart Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 87 | 60 | 112 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 10 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 54 | 45 | 74 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 45 | 62 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 76 | 30 |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | - | 9 | - |
| Pregnancy: Childbirth, abortion | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 3 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 22 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 35 | 72 | 77 |
| Motor Vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 18 | 4 |
| All other accidents | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| ALL CAUSES | 29 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 79 | 53 | 212 | 128 | 313 | 244 | 322 | 519 | 1010 | 985 |