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Leyton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE i.
Causes of Death as given by the Registrar-General, 1954.
| Causes of Death | Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | — | 1 |
| 3. Syphilitic Disease | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4. Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| 5. Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | — | — | — |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — |
| 8. Measles | — | — | — |
| 9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 3 | — | 3 |
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm—Stomach | 19 | 24 | 43 |
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm—Lung and Bronchus | 42 | 12 | 54 |
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm—Breast | — | 19 | 19 |
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm—Uterus | — | 4 | 4 |
| 14. Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | 45 | 52 | 97 |
| 15. Leukaemia and Aleukaemia | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 16. Diabetes | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 71 | 89 | 160 |
| 18. Coronary Disease, Angina | 78 | 52 | 130 |
| 19. Hypertension with Heart Disease | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 20. Other Heart Disease | 83 | 140 | 223 |
| 21. Other Circulatory Disease | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| 22. Influenza | 1 | — | 1 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 56 | 21 | 77 |
| 25. Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 26. Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 28. Nephritis and Nephrosis | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of Prostate | 4 | — | 4 |
| 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | — | 3 | 3 |
| 31. Congenital Malformations | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 32. Other Defined and Ill-defined Diseases | 34 | 37 | 71 |
| 33. Motor Vehicle Accidents | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 34. All Other Accidents | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 35. Suicide | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 36. Homicide | — | — | — |
| Totals, 1954 | 566 | 567 | 1,133 |
| Totals, 19531 | 986 | 1,043 | 2,029 |
* In 1953, on the instruction of the Registrar-General, deaths which occurred
in Institutions in the Borough were assigned to Leyton, irrespective of the area from
which they had been admitted. The effect of this was that an additional 800 deaths
(in Langthorne Hospital) were included in the total deaths allocated to Leyton.
Without this allocation the death rate would have been 10.92.