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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
Kingston upon Thames 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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(iv) Deaths from Other Causes.
| NO. of Deaths | |
|---|---|
| Deaths from Heart Disease | 130 |
| Deaths from Cancer | 72 |
| Deaths from Vascular Lesions of the Nervous System | 66 |
| Deaths from Circulatory Disease other than Heart | 37 |
| Deaths from Bronchitis | |
| Deaths from Pneumonia | 23 |
| Deaths from Influenza | 2 |
The following tables I, II, III, IV summarise certain
vital statistics.
Table I shows the figures for live births, still
births, and deaths for the years 1950 - 1954 inclusive ,
It is noted that the number of births is the lowest since
1941 and that the number of deaths is the lowest since
1939. The number of stillbirths is high and shows a figure
twice as high for females as for males.
The figures in Table II are the Registrar General's
estimates for successive years since 1925. They give the
population, number of live births, birth rate per l,000
population, number of deaths, the death rate per 1,000
populations, and also the infant mortality rate per 1,000
live births of Kingston-upon-Thames and England and Wales.
The trend of the population figure is to remain at about
40,000.
Table III is largely self-explanatory and compares
certain birth and death rates in England and Wales, 160
large towns, 160 small towns and Kingston-Upon-Thames.
Discussion of the number of notifications of infectious
disease received during 1954 in Kingston-upon-Thames
appears later in this report in Section P.
The causes of deaths shown in Table IV are now in
accordance with the 36 headings based on the Abbreviated
List of the International Statistical Classification of
Diseases, Injuries end Causes of Death.