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Cancer of the Uterus:
The Medical Officer of Health of Hendon, Dr. Patton, has analysed
the deaths from cancer of the uterus in the Boroughs and Districts of
Middlesex during the past five years (1957-1962). The death rate per
10,000 of population is 1. in Brentford & Chiswick; .73 in Edmonton;
.55 in Enfield; 1.15 in Southgate; .82 in Tottenham; 1.35 in Wood Green.
It may be that in the Boroughs with the lower figures women seek medical
advice sooner about gynaecological complaints.
Leukaemia:
Deaths from leukaemia continue to show a slight rise. It is
difficult to relate deaths in the over 25's to the testing of nuclear
devices in the early 1950's, but the possibility is there.
Diabetes:
Deaths shown as from Diabetes were all in late life and it is a moot
point whether or not diabetes hastens death. A survey has recently been
carried out among the general public in a number of areas to determine how
many people have a raised blood sugar without very much marked illness. A
good deal of so called sub-clinical diabetes or pre-diabetes was discovered
and the expense of these surveys seems undoubtedly worthwhile. This is one
activity that the post-1965 London Boroughs might well consider.
Vascular Diseases of the Nervous System:
These are mainly cases of bleeding into the brain. The bleeding
is usually either the result of a congenital weakness of the blood vessel of
the brain or an abnormally high arterial blood pressure, breaking through a
diseased arterial wall. There were fewer deaths from this cause than in
previous years.
Coronary Disease:
The number of deaths from coronary disease has risen. The sex
ratio is two men to every woman. Possibly the women of Edmonton lead a
more active life than the men. Between 1960 and 1962 the number of deaths
in men increased by 14%, in women by just over 10%. There are of course
more men motorists than women motorists in Edmonton, as elsewhere.
Hypertension with Heart Disease:
The number of deaths from this cause has dropped. It would appear
that in Edmonton raised arterial blood pressure has its most disastrous
effect on the coronary vessels of the heart rather than on the vessels of
the brain or other parts of the body.
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