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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

Sutton and Cheam 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1956

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1956

M.F.Total
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory415
2.Tuberculosis, other---
3.Syphilitic disease112
4.Diphtheria---
5.Whooping Cough---
6.Meningococcal infections---
7.Acute Poliomyelitis---
8.Measles--•-
9.Other Infective and parasitic diseases112
10.Mallgiant neoplasm, stomach10616
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus28331
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast-2020
13.Malignant neoplasm., uterus-66
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms443478
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia213
16.Diabetes235
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system4674120
18.Coronary diseases, angina8761148
19.Hypertension with heart disease91524
20.Other heart disease5099149
21.Other circulatory disease172239
22.Influenza145
23.Pneumonia121224
24.Bronchitis461965
25.Other diseases of respiratory system448
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum6410
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea336
28.Nephritis and nephrosis718
29.Hyperplasia of prostate10-10
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion-—-
31.Congenital malformatlons123
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases313162
33Motor vehicle accidents437
34.All other accidents4913
35.Suicide347
36.Homicide and operations of war---
TOTALS433443876