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Heston and Isleworth 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE IV.
CAUSES OF DEATH ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX, 1952
| Abbrev. List No. | Cause Groups | All Ages | Age in Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 | 60-64 | 65-69 | 70-74 | 75-79 | 80-84 | 85 & over | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| B 1 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 2 | Tuberculosis, other forms | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 3 | Syphilis and its sequelae | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 4 | Typhoid fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 5 | Cholera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 6 | Dysentery, all forms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 7 | Scarlet fever and streptococcal sore throat | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 8 | Dipheria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 9 | Whooping Cough | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 10 | Meningococcal infections | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 11 | Plague | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 12 | Acute polooyelitis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 13 | Small pox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 14 | Measles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 15 | Typhus and other rickettsial diseases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 16 | Malaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 17 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B 18 | Malignant neoplasms—stomach | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lungs | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| breast | 22 | — | — | _- | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| uterus | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other sites | 57 | 47 | — | — | — | — | —— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | |
| leukaemia, etc. | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| B 19 | Benign and unspecified neoplasma | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| B 20 | Diabetes | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| B 21 | Anaimias | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | —_ | 1 | 1 | —_ | —_ | — | —_ | |
| B 22 | Vascular lesions affecting central nervous system | 44 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| B 23 | Non-meningococcal meningitis | — | 1— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| B 24 | Rheumatic fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| B 25 | Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 14 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | j | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | ||
| B 26 | Arteriosclerotic and degenerative heart disease— coronary disease, angina | 101 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 7 | 6 | 8 | |
| other | 38 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 20 | — | 26 | |||
| B 27 | Other diseases of the heart | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| B 28 | Hypertension with heart disease | 20 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| B 29 | Hypertension without mention of heart | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | l | 2 | |
| B 30 | Influenza | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| B 31 | Pneumonia | 30 | 22 | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | j | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| B 32 | Bronchitis | 61 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 | — | — | 7 | ||
| B 33 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| B 34 | Appendicits | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | —— | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| B 35 | Intestinal obstruction and hernia.. | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| B 36 | Gastritis, enteritis, colitis, etc. | 1 | 1 | —_ | 1 | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| B 37 | Cirrhosis of liver | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| B 38 | Nephritis and nephrosis | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | —. | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| B 39 | Hyperplasia of prostate | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | _ | 2 | _— | — | — | ||
| B 40 | Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| B 41 | Congenital malformations | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| B 42 | Birth injuries, post-natal asphyxia, atelectasis | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| B 43 | Infections of the new born | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| B 44 | Immaturity and other diseases peculiar to early infancy | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | |||
| B 45 | Senility, ill-defined and unknown causes—senility —ill-defined causes | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | —_ | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | —— | — | — | — | — | 1 | —. | 1 | 2 | 1 | —_ | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| B 46 | Other circulatory diseases | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Other respiratory diseases | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | _— | — | 1 | _ | — | |
| BE 47 | All other diseases | 15 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | —— | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | ||||
| Motor vehicle accidents | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | —— | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| BE 48 | All other accidents | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| BE 49 | Suicide | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Self-inflicted injury | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| BE 50 | Homicide | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operations of war | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| ALL CAUSES | 547 | 523 | 15 | 8 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | — | 8 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 28 | 59 | 24 | 64 | 39 | 63 | 46 | 69 | 71 | 86 | 97 | 52 | 88 | 44 | 79 | |
| 1,070 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 61 | 83 | 103 | 109 | 140 | 183 | 140 | 123 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total deaths from all causes | 2.15 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.37 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.56 | 0.93 | 0.47 | < ,1.03 | 2.52 | 3.08 | 5.70 | 7.76 | 9.62 | 10.19 | 13.08 | 17.10 | 13.08 | 11.03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||