Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |