Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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GENERAL MORTALITY—MAIN CAUSES 1954-1964
Causes of death | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
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Tuberculosis (all forms) | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Cancer | 234 | 210 | 253 | 248 | 236 | 247 | 235 | 206 | 223 | 239 | 250 |
Infectious diseases | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cardio-vascular disease | 590 | 591 | 682 | 679 | 592 | 560 | 548 | 565 | 637 | 631 | 576 |
Influenza | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Pneumonia | 41 | 49 | 53 | 65 | 58 | 57 | 39 | 56 | 73 | 82 | 48 |
Bronchitis | 54 | 65 | 95 | 79 | 76 | 61 | 65 | 76 | 88 | 113 | 87 |
Other respiratory diseases | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
Gastro intestinal diseases | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 15 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
All other accidents | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 20 |
Suicide | 11 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 14 |
The Registrar-General's abridged list of causes of death is given
overleaf:—