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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

Hendon 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: TABLE IIICAUSES OF DEATH DURING YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1954.

TABLE III

CAUSES OF DEATH DURING YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1954.

Cause of death.Male.Female.TOTAL
Tuberculosis, respiratory8311
Tuberculosis, other1-1
Syphilitic Disease4-4
Diphtheria---
Whooping Cough---
Meningococcal Infections112
Acute Poliomyelitis---
Measles---
Other infective and parasitic diseases123
Malignant neoplasm, stomach171734
Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus49958
Malignant neoplasm, breast-4040
Malignant neoplasm, uterus-1010
Other Malignant and lymphatic neoplasms7380153
Leukaemia, Aleukaemia246
Diabetes246
Vascular lesions of nervous system6294156
Coronary disease, angina16085245
Hypertension with heart disease152439
Other heart disease72114186
Other circulatory disease343973
Influenza-33
Pneumonia253257
Bronchitis312354
Other diseases of respiratory system14216
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum16521
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea426
Nephritis and Nephrosis2911
Hyperplasia of prostate13-13