Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 147
Deaths from Cancer 91
Deaths from Vascular Lesions of the
Nervous System 6l
Deaths from Circulatory Disease other
than Heart 32
Deaths from Bronchitis 24
Deaths from Pneumonia 16
Deaths from Influenza 1
The following tables I, II, III summarise certain vital
statistics.
Table I shows the figures for live "births, stillbirths,
and deaths for the years 1954-1958 inclusive.
The figures in Table II are the Registrar General's
estimates for successive years since 1929. They give the
population, number of live births, birth rate per 1,000
population, number of deaths, the death rate per 1,000
population, and also the infant mortality rate per 1,000
live births of Kingston-upon-Thames and England and Wales.
The trend of the estimated population figure is to remain
just below 4O,OOO.
The causes of deaths shown in Table III are in accordance
with the 36 headings based on the Abbreviated List of
the International Statistical Classification of Diseases,
Injuries and Causes of Death.