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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

Wembley 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Table: Causes of Deaths during the Year.

Causes of Deaths during the Year.

Causes of Death.Male.Female.1958.
Total.
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory527
2.Tuberculosis, other—11
3.Syphilitic disease314
4.Diphtheria———
5.Whooping Cough———
6.Meningococcal infections———
7.Acute poliomyelitis———
8.Measles———
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases112
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach14203-1
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus58765
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast—2626
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus—99
14.Other Malignant and Lymphatic neoplasms6959128
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia729
16.Diabetes279
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system6275137
18.Coronary disease, angina14367210
19.Hypertension with heart disease101525
20.Other heart disease465298
21.Other circulatory disease293867
22.Influenza145
23.Pneumonia333063
24.Bronchitis381755
25.Other diseases of respiratory system516
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum11314
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea268
28.Nephritis and nephrosis527
29.Hyperplasia of prostate5—5
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31.Congenital malformations538
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases414081
33.Motor vehicle accidents6410
34.All other accidents7815
35.Suicide426
36.Homicide———
ALL CAUSES6125021,114