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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S ABBREVIATED LIST OF CAUSES OF DEATH.

(Corrected for inward and outward transfers).

Causes of DeathMaleFemale
ALL CAUSES600519
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory31
2. Tuberculosis, other00
3. Syphilitic disease02
4. Diphtheria00
5. Whooping cough01
6. Meningococcal infections00
7. Acute poliomyelitis10
8. Measles00
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases12
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach2112
11. ,, ,, lung, bronchus328
12. ,, ,, breast019
13. ,, ,, uterus08
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms5753
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia26
16. Diabetes25
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system7087
18. Coronary disease, angina9346
19. Hypertension with heart disease2329
20. Other heart disease92117
21. Other circulatory disease1816
22. Influenza11
23. Pneumonia2623
24. Bronchitis4817
25. Other diseases of respiratory system91
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum53
27. Gastritis, Enteritis, and Diarrhoea02
28. Nephritis and nephrosis62
29. Hyperplasia of prostate70
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion01
31. Congenital malformations81
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases4743
33. Motor vehicle accidents93
34. All other accidents117
35. Suicide83
36. Homicide and operations of war00