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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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GENERAL MORTALITY: MAIN CAUSES 1947-1956.
| Causes of Death | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 44 | 35 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | |
| 142 | 139 | 180 | 155 | 183 | 184 | 211 | 234 | 210 | 253 | |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 344 | 371 | 404 | 441 | 418 | 425 | 602 | 590 | 591 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 48 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 30 | 49 | 52 | 41 | 49 | 53 | |
| 66 | 36 | 65 | 63 | 69 | 52 | 85 | 54 | 65 | 95 | |
| 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | |
| 18 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 14 | |
| 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | |
| 7 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 20 | |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
Cardiovascular disease, Cancer and Bronchitis all showed increases
and noteworthy is Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus which while
remaining static in females at 8 deaths increased among males from 32
to 51—a very substantial rise. So far as concerns Bronchitis it might
seem—and this would be more evident to the hospital medical officer
or to the general practitioner—that a time comes when antibiotics fail
to exert a significant effect in clearing up this condion in the aged.