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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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GENERAL MORTALITY—MAIN CAUSES 1950-1960.
| Causes of Death | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 19.54 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 29 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Cancer | 155 | 183 | 184 | 211 | 234 | 210 | 253 | 248 | 230 | 247 | 235 |
| Infectious diseases | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cardio-vascular disease | 441 | 418 | 425 | 002 | 590 | 591 | 682 | 079 | 592 | 500 | 548 |
| Influenza | 3 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 30 | 49 | 52 | 41 | 49 | 53 | 65 | 58 | 57 | 39 |
| Bronchitis | 03 | 09 | 52 | 85 | 54 | 65 | 95 | 79 | 70 | 01 | 05 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 8 |
| Gastro intestinal diseases | 20 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 9 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 19 |
| All other accidents | 12 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 18 |
| Suicide | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 9 |
Cancer produced fewer deaths than last year as did Cardiovascular
disease. No deaths were attributable to Influenza. Bronchitis showed a
slight increase in mortality. Whilst the figures may not be relatively
very high the fact remains that deaths from motor vehicle accidents
more than doubled (19 as against 9) while all other accidents showed 18
deaths to have been caused during 1960 as against 8 the previous year.
Cancer of the lung caused during 1960 51 deaths in males and 11 in
females as against corresponding figures of 48 and 7 last year. As was
the case last year no deaths fall to be recorded to Acute Poliomyelitis.