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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

Orpington 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Table: TABLE II.CAUSE OF DEATH—1951.

TABLE II.

CAUSE OF DEATH—1951.

Male.Female.Total
1.Tuberculosis—Respiratory 13316
2.Tuberculosis—Other 213
3.Syphilitic deisease —11
4.Diphtheria ———
5.Whooping Cough —i ——
6.Meningococcal infections ———
7.Acute Poliomyelitis ———
8.Measles ———
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases ———
10.Malignant, neoplasm, stomach 161127
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus19——
12.Malignant, neoplasm, breast—1313
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus—77
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms243054
15.Leukaemia, Aleukaemia 224
16.Diabetes —66
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system194766
18.Coronary disease, angina 553489
19.Hypertension with heart disease 13720
20.Other heart disease 405494
21.Other circulatory disease 121325
22.Influenza 1910
23.Pneumonia 182341
24.Bronchitis 171835
25.Other diseases of respiratory system4711
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum 617
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea ———
28.Nephritis and nephrosis 235
29.Hyperplasia of prostate 7—7
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31.Congenital malformations 415
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases253459
33.Motor vehicle accidents 7310
34.All other accidents 11314
35.Suicide 426
36.Homicide and operations of war ———
All causes321333654