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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Table: TABLE II. CAUSES OF DEATH.

TABLE II. CAUSES OF DEATH.

195719581959196019 6 1Total
MaleFemale
1.Tuberculosis—Respiratory33323—3
2.Tuberculosis—Other1111———
3.Syphilitic Diseases—3—1123
4.Diphtheria———————
5Whoolping Cough———————
6.Meningococcal Infections———————
7.Acute Poliomeylitis—1—————
8.Measles1—1————
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases—221—33
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach122416299514
11.Malignant nneoplasm, lung, bronchus3338483334943
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast16231413—1616
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus7756—1313
14.other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms68668978483583
l5Leukaemia, Aleukaemia46665—5
16.Diabetes2431358
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system73758448285078
18.Coronary disease, angina961331391326939108
19.Hypertension with heart disease1617201161016
20.Other heart disease616873884786133
21.Other circulatory disease38353242212647
22.Influenza425—156
23.Pneumonia52836571262450
24.Bronchitis31313627231033
25.Other diseases of respiratory system55612437
26.Ulcer of stomach or duodenum6787213
27.Gastritis, enteritis, diarrhoea.3323213
28.Nephritis and Nephrosis7632———
29.Hyperplasia of Prostate96327—7
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion1——————
31.Congenital malformations79107415
32.Other difined and ill-defineddiseases56605558232750
33.Motor vehicle accidents510121310212
34.All other accidents810686—6
35.Suicide8939426
36.Homicide and operations of war——11———
628747751712386375761