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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
Camden 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camden]
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Table 2 CAUSES OF DEATH - 1965
| Sex | Total all ages | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks and under 1 year | Age in years | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | 5 - | 15 - | 25 - | 35 - | 45 - | 55 - | 65 - | 75 and over | |||||
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | M | 7 | - | . | - | . | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | M | 1 | - | . | 1 | - | - | - | . | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 9. Other Infective and parasitic diseases | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 27 | - | - | - | . | - | 1 | - | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| F | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 133 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 16 | 43 | 47 | 24 |
| P | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 60 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 21 | ||
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | F | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 146 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 52 |
| F | 139 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 50 | |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemla | M | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16. Diabetes | M | 5 | - | . | - | - | - | - | . | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 82 | - | - | - | . | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 35 |
| F | 151 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 92 | ||
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | M | 319 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 32 | 88 | 102 | 84 |
| F | 235 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 22 | 72 | 131 | ||
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | M | 10 | - | . | . | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| F | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | |
| 20. Other heart disease | M | 71 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 33 |
| F | 116 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 80 | ||
| 21. Other circulatory disease | M | 42 | - | . | . | . | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 8 | 18 |
| F | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 51 | |
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 54 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| P | 95 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 12 | 72 | |
| 24. Bronchitis | M | 81 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | . | 1 | 24 | 22 | 32 |
| P | 49 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 13 | 28 | |