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The most striking difference is the increase in deaths as
certified due to cancer, but most of this increase is due to a
change of procedure in registration of deaths adopted by the
Registrar-General during 1953, whereby deaths occurring in St.
Columbas Hospital have been included in Hampstead's figures and
not as in previous years, in the home town of the patient concerned.
The number of deaths due to coronary disease which in the last
20 years has been increasing has actually fallen by one in
Hampstead during the current year.
The number of deaths due to street accidents was 9,an increase
of 3 over last year, but deaths from other accidents decreased
from 28 to 15.
Causes of death
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory 11
2. Tuberculosis, other 1
3. Syphilitic disease 6
4. Diphtheria –
5. Whooping cough –
6. Meningococcal infections 1
7. Acute poliomyelitis 2
8. Measles
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases 2
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach 53
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus 77
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast 61
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus 29
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm 190
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia 9
16. Diabetes 6
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system 1ll
18. Coronary disease, angina 18l
19. Hypertension, with heart disease 23
20. Other heart disease 99
21. Other circulatory disease 46
22. Influenza 6
23. Pneumonia 49
24. Bronchitis 51
25. Other diseases of respiratory system 5
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum 10
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea 6
28. Nephritis and nephrosis 9
29. Hyperplasia of prostate 4
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion 2
31. Congenital malformations 2
32. Other defined and i11-defined diseases 6l
33. Motor vehicle accidents 9
34. All other accidents 15
35. Suicide 17
36. Homicide and operations of war –.
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