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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

Chislehurst 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: TABLE II.CAUSES OF DEATH, 1951.

TABLE II.

CAUSES OF DEATH, 1951.

Male.Female.Total
1.Tuberculosis—Respiratory21829
2.„ —Other—11
3.Syphilitic diseases213
4.Diphtheria———
5.Whooping Cough1—1
6Meningococcal Infection———
7.Acute Poliomyelitis1—1
8.Measles———
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases112
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach81220
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung bronchus21122
12Malignant neoplasm, breast—1313
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus—77
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms393170
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia—22
16.Diabetes156
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system385290
18.Coronary disease, angina533992
19.Hypertension with heart disease152035
20.Other heart disease4276118
21.Other circulatory disease111526
22.Influenza549
23.Pneumonia181028
24.Bronchitis341650
25.Other diseases of the respiratory system—22
26.Ulcer of stomach or duodenum9514
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea224
28Nephritis and nephrosis235
29.Hyperplasia of prostate4—4
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion—44
31.Congenital malformation5914
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases292958
33.Motor vehicle accidents516
34.All other accidents7512
35.Suicide549
36Homicide and operations of war———
All causes379378757