[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 11

Walthamstow 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Causes of Death as given by the Registrar-General for the year 1953 Whole District

Causes of Death					Males	Females	Total	1952
1.	Tuberculosis, Respiratory				19	3	22	22
2.	Tuberculosis, other				-	-	-	-
3.	Syphilitic Disease				1	3	4	7
4.	Diphtheria				-	-	-	-
5.	Whooping Cough				-	-	-	1
6.	Meningococcal Infections				-	1	1	1
7.	Acute Poliomyelitis				1	-	1	-
8.	Measles				-	-	-	-
9.	Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases				1		1	2
10.	Malignant neoplasm, stomach				19	19	38	38
11.	Malignant neoplasm, Lung, bronchus				40	9	49	38
12.	Malignant neoplasm, breast				-	14	14	27
13.	Malignant neoplasm, uterus				-	10	10	7
14.	Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms				53	43	96	123
15.	Leukaemia, aleukaemia				2	2	4	8
16.	Diabetes				3	2	5	7
17.	Vascular lesions of nervous system				54	72	126	140
18.	Coronary disease, angina				120	54	174	201
19.	Hypertension with heart disease				5	5	10	35
20.	Other heart disease				73	96	169	206
21.	Other circulatory disease				19	29	48	45
22.	Influenza				11	10	21	3
23.	Pneumonia				38	43	81	93
24.	Brondhitis				74	40	114	103
25.	Other diseases of respiratory system				12	7	19	16
26.	Ulcer of stomach and duodenum				12	2	14	7
27.	Gastritis, enteritis and diarrœha				1	3	4	4
28.	Nephritis and nephrosis				8	3	11	11
29.	Hyperplasia of prostate				8	-	8	20
30.	Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion				-	2	2	3
31.	Congenital malformations				11	5	16	11
32.	Other defined and ill-defined diseases				50	45	95	97
33.	Motor vehicle accidents				3	1	4	10
34.	All other accidents				4	7	11	12
35.	Suicide				7	4	11	5
36.	Homicide and 'operations of war				-	-	-	1
Totals,			1953		649	534	1,183	-
Totals,			1952		676	628	-	1,304
The age distribution of Cancer deaths was as follows :-
Under lyr.		1-2 yrs.	2-5 yrs.	5-15 yrs.	15-25 yrs.	25-45 yrs.	45-65 yrs.	65 yrs. & over
-		-	-	2	-	12	69	128