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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

Bromley 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: TABLE II.Causes of Death, 1951.

TABLE II.

Causes of Death, 1951.

Male.FemaleTotal
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory13518
2. Tuberculosis, other2—2
3. Syphilitic Disease6—6
4. Diphtheria———
5. Whooping Cough———
6. Meningococcal infections—-—
7. Acute Poliomyelitis—
8. Measles—11
9. Other infective and parasitic disease-3—3
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach111021
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus .19322
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast—1212
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus—88
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms323365
15. Leuksemia, aleukaemia112
16. Diabetes336
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system305484
18. Coronary disease, angina473380
19. Hypertension with heart disease172138
20. Other heart disease4786133
21. Other circulatory disease111324
22. Influenza527
23. Pneumonia161531
24. Bronchitis271340
25. Other diseases of respiratory system8311
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum8513
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea112
28. Nephritis and nephrosis224
29. Hyperplasia of prostate8—8
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31. Congenital malformations336
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases263359
33. Motor vehicle accidents437
34. All other accidents7815
35. Suicide426
36. Homicide and operations of war1—1
All causes362373735