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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 1967
[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 1967
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 1 |
| Syphilitic Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm: Stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 21 |
| Malignant neoplasm: Lung, bronchus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 39 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 108 | 19 |
| Malignant neoplasm: Breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 17 | - | 11 | - | 9 | - | 46 |
| Malignant neoplasm: Uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 14 |
| Other malignant and Lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 23 | 37 | 29 | 34 | 24 | 116 | 94 |
| Leukaemia: Aleukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 38 | 47 | 97 | 72 | 157 |
| Coronary Diseases: Angina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 28 | 5 | 77 | 23 | 90 | 62 | 86 | 133 | 289 | 223 |
| Hypertension with Heart Disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Other Heart Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 73 | 50 | 94 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 39 | 49 | 51 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 68 | 69 | 82 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 70 | 19 |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 3 | - | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - |
| Pregnancy: Childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 15 | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 39 | 48 | 88 |
| Motor Vehicle accidents | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
| All other accidents | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 9 | 13 | 16 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 18 | 12 |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| ALL CAUSES | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 67 | 63 | 230 | 119 | 300 | 227 | 357 | 555 | 1029 | 1012 |