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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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INFANT MORTALITY RATE
| 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total No. Deaths | 7 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
| RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS | 12.8 | 14.9 | 23.0 | 10.4 | 15.6 |
No maternal deaths (i.e. from pregnancy, childbirth, abortion)
were recorded out of a total of 649 live and stillbirths.
Causes of Death - Main conditions causing death during 1961
were:-
1961 1960
Heart Disease 133 146
Cancer 112 98
Vascular Lesions of the Nervous
System. 55 53
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.
| 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | ||||||
| Deaths from cancer of the lung and bronchus | 16 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 21 | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 10 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 2 | |