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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
Heston and Isleworth 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE IV
CAUSES OF DEATH (FEMALES) AT CERTAIN AGES, 1960
| under 1 | 1-4 | 5- 14 | 15- 24 | 25-44 | 45- 64 | 65-74 | 75-over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis respiratory | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | - | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Cancer - stomach | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| lung | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | 10 |
| breast | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| uterus | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| other | - | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 49 |
| leukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 30 | 50 | 94 |
| Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 78 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | _ | _ | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 72 |
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 32 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Other respiratory diseases | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Gastritis, enteritis, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Prostatic enlargement | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - |
| Congenital malformation | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Other disease | 8 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 57 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
| All other accidents | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Homicide and war operations | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 111 | 125 | 268 | 538 |
| Percentage of total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 20.6 | 23,2 | 49.8 |