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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE III
CAUSES OF DEATH (MALES) AT CERTAIN AGES, 1961
| under 1 | 1-4 | 5- 14 | 15- 24 | 26-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75- over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Infective and parasitic diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cancer - stomach | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
| lung | - | - | - | - | 1 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 56 |
| breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| other | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 63 |
| Leukaemia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 49 |
| Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | 2 | 61 | 47 | 31 | 141 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Other heart disease | - | - | - | 1 | i | 7 | 15 | 34 | 58 |
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 12 | 19 | 40 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| Other respiratory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Ulcer of Stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Gastritis, enteritis, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Prostatic enlargement | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Congenital malformations | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Other diseases | 14 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| All other accidents | - | 1 | - | I | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 10 |
| Homicide and war operations | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 17 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 191 | 185 | 178 | 604 |
| Percentage of Total | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 29.5 |