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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

Hornchurch 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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Table: REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S ABBREVIATED LIST OF CAUSESOF DEATH.(Corrected for inward and outward transfers).

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S ABBREVIATED LIST OF CAUSES

OF DEATH.

(Corrected for inward and outward transfers).

Causes of DeathMale.Female
ALL CAUSES581545
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory55
2. Tuberculosis, other10
3. Syphilitic disease11
4. Diphtheria00
5. Whooping cough00
6. Meningococcal infections10
7. Acute poliomyelitis00
8. Measles00
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases02
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach1514
11. „ „ lung, bronchus462
12. „ „ breast025
13. ,, ,, uterus010
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms5369
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia54
16. Diabetes22
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system69108
18. Coronary disease, angina9351
19. Hypertension with heart disease1617
20. Other heart disease81123
21. Other circulatory disease2111
22. Influenza01
23. Pneumonia2318
24. Bronchitis3717
25. Other diseases of respiratory system71
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum52
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea33
28. Nephritis and nephrosis104
29. Hyperplasia of prostate50
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion01
31. Congenital malformations62
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases4940
33. Motor vehicle accidents73
34. All other accidents144
35. Suicide65
36. Homicide and operations of war00