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 Chigwell]
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Causes of Death as given by the Registrar-General for the year 1950.
Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Heart disease | 53 | 46 | 99 |
Cancer (all forms) | 40 | 22 | 62 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 18 | 21 | 39 |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 10 | 4 | 14 |
Other diseases of circulatory system | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Pneumonia | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Bronchitis | 8 | 2 | 10 |
*Other respiratory disease | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Ulcer of duodenum or stomach | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Influenza | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Nephritis and Nephrosis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Congenital malformations | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Disease of Prostrate | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Diabetes | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 0 | 1 |
All other diseases | 22 | 15 | 37 |
Suicides | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Other violent causes | 3 | 2 | 5 |
199 | 135 | 334 | |
* Excluding tuberculosis. |