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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 1962

[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.1962. Total.
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory437
2.Tuberculosis, other———
3.Syphilitic disease—11
4.Diphtheria———
5.Whooping Cough———
6.Meningococcal infections1—1
7.Acute poliomyelitis———
8.Measles1—1
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases—33
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach141428
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus60969
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast—3030
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus—66
14.Other Malignant and Lymphatic neoplasms6256118
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia639
16.Diabetes437
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system5898156
18.Coronary disease, angina200105305
19.Hypertension with heart disease11920
20.Other heart disease4678124
21.Other circulatory disease323668
22.Influenza246
23.Pneumonia274471
24.Bronchitis602080
25.Other diseases of respiratory system8513
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum10515
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea448
28.Nephritis and nephrosis426
29.Hyperplasia of prostate12—12
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31.Congenital malformations8917
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases293463
33.Motor vehicle accidents729
34.All other accidents15419
35.Suicide51015
36.Homicide1—1
ALL CAUSES6915971,288