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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

Bexley 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1958.

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1958.

Causes of Death.M.F.Total
All Causes444413857
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory10212
2 Tuberculosis, other———
3 Syphilitic disease1—1
4 Diphtheria———
5 Whooping Cough———
6 Meningococcal infections———
7 Acute poliomyelitis———
8 Measles———
9 Other infective and parasitic diseases—11
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach61521
11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus37340
12 Malignant neoplasm, breast—1717
13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus—55
14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms304373
15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia257
16 Diabetes4—4
17 Vascular lesions of nervous system5066116
18 Coronary disease, angina10858166
19 Hypertension with heart disease161834
20 Other heart disease325486
21 Other circulatory disease262450
22 Influenza123
23 Pneumonia173047
24 Bronchitis332154
25 Other diseases of the respiratory system314
26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum9514
27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea112
28 Nephritis and nephrosis336
29 Hyperplasia of prostate9—9
30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31 Congenital malformations336
32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases232952
33 Motor vehicle accidents11112
34 All other accidents729
35 Suicide246
36 Homicide and operations of war———