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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE IV.
CAUSES OF DEATH (FEMALES) AT CERTAIN AGES, 1964
| Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 16-24 | 25-44 | 46-64 | 65-74 | 75-over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | . | . | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | |
| Cancer - stomach | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| lung | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| breast | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| uterus | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| other | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 63 |
| leukaemia | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 16 | 47 | 71 |
| Coronary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 31 | 39 | 77 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | . | _ | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 71 |
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 18 | 27 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pneumonia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 19 | 27 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| Other respiratory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Gastritis, enteritis, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | z | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| Prostatic enlargement | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital malformation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other disease | 12 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 58 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| All other accidents | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Homicide and war operations | - | - | - | ~ | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 14 | - | 6 | 1 | 12 | 75 | 128 | 258 | 494 |
| Percentage of Total | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 15.2 | 26.0 | 52.2 |