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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

Wimbledon 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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The four principal causes of death were as follows:—
Percentage
of total deaths
Diseases of the heart and circulatory system 35%
Vascular lesions of nervous system 15%
Cancer 16%
Diseases of the respiratory system 15%
Total 81%

Table: The following is an analysis of the causes of death :-

The following is an analysis of the causes of death :-

CauseMalesFemalesTotal
1.Respiratory tuberculosis10616
2.Other tuberculosisl-1
3.Syphilitic disease415
4.Diphtheria---
5.Whooping cough---
6.Meningococcal infections---
7.Acute poliomyelitis-11
8.Measles---
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases---
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach9716
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus17926
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast-1111
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus-55
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms262854
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia123
16.Diabetes-44
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system3673109
18.Coronary disease, angina6740107
19.Hypertension with heart disease6915
20.Other heart disease405999
21.Other circulatory disease142135
22.Influenza91625
23.Pneumonia141529
24.Bronchitis41849
25.Other diseases of respiratory system527
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum8513
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea224
28.Nephritis and nephrosis549
29.Hyperplasia of prostate3-3
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion-11
31.Congenital malformations325
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases342761
33.Motor vehicle accidents1_1
34.All other accidents369
35.Suicide639
36.Homicide and operations of war---
Totals365367732