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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
Redbridge 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 7
Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes
| Causes of and Ages at Death during the year 1969 | Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total — All ages | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks & under 1 year | 1 & under 5 years | 5 & under 15 years | 15 & under 25 years | 25 & under 35 years | 35 & under 45 years | 45 & under 55 years | 55 & under 65 years | 65 & under 75 years | 75 years & over | |
| Enteritis and other Diarrhoeal Diseases | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | |
| Other Tuberculosis, incl. Late Effects | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Buccal Cavity etc. | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Malignant Neoplasm, Oesophagus | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 24 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Intestine | 01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 29 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Larynx | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | 186 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | 56 | 65 | 47 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 16 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Prostate | 13 | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leukaemia | 19 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Other Malignant Neoplasms | 167 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 41 | 52 | 39 |
| Benign and Unspecified Neoplasms | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Avitaminoses, etc. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Other Endocrine etc. Diseases | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Anaemias | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| Mental Disorders | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 16 |
| Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Other Diseases of Nervous System | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | 11 | 16 |
| Hypertensive Disease | 75 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| Ischaemic Heart Disease | 542 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 39 | 101 | 180 | 213 |
| Other Forms of Heart Disease | 150 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 34 | 105 |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 352 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | 35 | 94 | |
| Other Diseases of Circulatory System | 118 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 28 | 76 |
| Carried Forward | 2,051 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 125 | 366 | 608 | 890 |