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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

Hampstead 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH 1957

CAUSES OF DEATH 1957

Cause of DeathTotal MalesMALES - AGESTotal FemalesFEMALES - AGESTotal Males & Females
0 -1 -5 -15 -25 -45 -65 -75 -0 -1 -5 -15-25-45-65-75-
Tuberculosis respiratory-3-----21-1-----1--4
Tuberculosis other---------1----—--11
Syphilitic disease1-------14-------45
Diphtheria-------------------
Whooping Cough-------------------
Meningococcal infections-------------------
Acute poliomyelitis-------------------
Measles1-1--------------—1
Other infective and parasitic diseases---------3-----1113
Malignant neoplasm, stomach9_----2437-----21416
Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus45----—2511912----155157
Malignant neoplasm, breast---------28----2159228
Malignant neoplasm, uterus---------12----145212
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasm45-1--210171565----1241921110
Leukaemia, aleukaemia3--1---114-----2-27
Diabetes1------1-7-----2238
Vascular lesions of nervous system37--_--1191783-----122447120
Coronary disease angina95—-—-236273088-----132253183