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Leyton 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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To make approximate allowance for the way in which the sex and age distribution of the Borough population differs from that for England and Wales as a whole, the Registrar-General has issued the following comparability factors for Leyton.
| Area comparability factor for births | 0.96 |
| Area comparability factor for deaths | 0.91 |
| These factors, when applied to the crude rates, produce the following adjusted rates:— | |
| Live births | 10.68 |
| Deaths | 11.22 |
Deaths.
The Registrar-General's classification of causes of death by sex totals
are shown in Table 1 on this page.
The total number of deaths in 1955 (1,258) compares with 1,133 in
1954, the respective death rates per 1,000 population being 12.33 and
10.99.
Causes of Death as given by the Registrar-General, 1955.
| Causes of Death | Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. Syphilitic Disease | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4. Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. Whooping Cough | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Measles | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm—Stomach | 22 | 13 | 35 |
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm—Lung and Bronchus | 55 | 7 | 62 |
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm—Breast | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm—Uterus | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 14. Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | 41 | 54 | 95 |
| 15. Leukaemia and Aleukaemia | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 16. Diabetes | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 53 | 88 | 141 |
| 18. Coronary Disease, Angina | 110 | 60 | 170 |
| 19. Hypertension with Heart Disease | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 20. Other Heart Disease | 83 | 160 | 243 |
| 21. Other Circulatory Disease | 31 | 28 | 59 |
| 22. Influenza | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 41 | 41 | 82 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 62 | 28 | 90 |
| 25. Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 26. Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 28. Nephritis and Nephrosis | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of Prostrate | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31. Congenital Malformations | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 32. Other Defined and Ill-defined Diseases | 41 | 44 | 85 |
| 33. Motor Vehicle Accidents | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 34. All Other Accidents | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 35. Suicide | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 36. Homicide | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals, 1955 | 638 | 620 | 1,258 |
| Totals. 1954 | 566 | 567 | 1,133 |