[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Harpenden U.D.C.

  • Harpenden (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Harpenden U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Caus e. M. F. B/fwd • • J6 J8 33* Motor vehicle accidents •• All other accidents .. 1 35* Suicide .. 2 36. Homicide and operations of war.. 1 Totals .. 79 a: Cancer Death Rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) - 2*31 Heart Disease Death Rate (per 1,000 of estimated population) - 3*53 AVERAGE AGE AT DEATH Harpenden U.D.C. St. Albans City St. Albans R.D. St. Albans Health Division, exclud ing Elstree M F — M ]? M F K F All Deaths 69.05 68.10 63.4-1 69.09 62.89 70.05 69.95 69.39 Excluding deaths of infants under 1 year of age 72.73 69.92 66. 58 71-59 6A. 74 71-^0 66. 62 71.20 I am including this table to show how the expectation of life has increased over the past fifty years. The figures speak for themselves when it is recollected that the average age at death fifty years ago was about A9* This 7-