London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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CAUSES OF DEATH - REGISTRAR GENERAL'S TABLES0 TABLE III
| 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| All Causes | 214 | 228 | 202 | 230 | 228 | 206 | 200 | 216 | 223 | 209 |
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tuberculosis, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Synthetic disease | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Diphtheria | ||||||||||
| Wooping Cough | ||||||||||
| Meningococcal Infections | - | - | 1 | |||||||
| Acute poliomyelitis | ||||||||||
| Measles | - | |||||||||
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| Malignant neoplasm, long, bronchus | 21 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 3 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | 12 | 7 | - | 5 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 19 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 30 | 28 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Diabetes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Vascular lesions of the nervous system | 22 | 39 | 24 | 50 | 19 | 42 | 22 | 32 | 21 | 32 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 43 | 26 | 43 | 25 | 49 | 32 | 35 | 21 | 51 | 38 |
| Hypertension with heart disease. | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Other heart disease | 18 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 26 | 20 | 27 |
| Other circulatory disease | 8 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| Influenza | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 16 | 9 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Gastritis, enteritis, and diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion. | 2 | |||||||||
| Congenital malformations | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 17 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 21 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| All other accidents | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Suicide | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Homicide and operations of war | 1 | |||||||||