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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No maternal deaths (i.e. from pregnancy, childbirth, abortion)
were recorded out of a total of 586 live and stillbirths.
The following table shows the relevant figures for the past five
years in respect of Kingston residents. The Registrar General couples
cancer of the lung with cancer of the bronchus in his abbreviated list
of causes of death.
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Deaths from cancer of
the lung and bronchus
Total Total Total Total Total
22 16 25 26 23
M F M F M F M F M F
21 1 10 6 23 2 23 3 20 3
Infectious Disease - The incidence of infectious disease was satisfactorily
low and it is gratifying to record that the number of infectious
disease notifications received in 1960 was 136, as compared with
433 in 1959. This is accounted for by a reduction in the entire range
of the commoner infections with the exception of puerperal pyrexia
cases which showed an increase of 17 as compared with 1959, and are
nearly all related to cases from other areas being nursed in Kingston
Hospital.