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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1964

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1964

CAUSES OF DEATH.MaleFemaleTotal
All Causes479410889
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory2_2
2.Tuberculosi s, other---
3.Syphilitic disease314
4.Diphtheria---
5.Whooping Cough--
6.Meningococcal infections---
7.Acute poliomyelitis---
8.Measles---
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases---
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach181331
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus47956
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast-2727
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus-55
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms554297
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia213
16.Diabetes213
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system375289
18.Coronary disease, angina12880208
19.Hypertension with heart disease91423
20.Other heart disease264369
21.Other circulatory disease262147
22.Influenza-11
23.Pneumonia283765
24.Bronchitis31738
25.Other diseases of the respiratory system538
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum336
27.Gastritis, enteritis, and diarrhoea213
28.Nephritis and nephrosis224
29.Hyperplasia of prostate2-2
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion-11
31.Congenital malformations437
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases253358
33.Motor vehicle accidents12l13
34.All other accidents6511
35.Suicide448
36.Homicide and operations of war---