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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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

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

CauseMalesFemalesTotal
1. Respiratory tuberculosis538
2. Other tuberculosis---
3. Syphilitic disease112
4. Diphtheria---
5. Whooping cough---
6. Meningococcal infections---
7. Acute poliomyelitis---
8. Measles---
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases1-1
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach10515
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus18321
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast11112
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus-11
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms304373
15. Leukaemia224
16. Diabetes123
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system396099
18. Coronary disease, angina6642108
19. Hypertension with heart disease131225
20. Other heart disease366197
21. Other circulatory disease191433
22. Influenza213
23. Pneumonia91423
24. Bronchitis261541
25. Other diseases of respiratory system459
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum527
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea145
28. Nephritis and nephrosis-11
29. Hyperplasia of prostate5-5
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion---
31. Congenital malformations257
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases192847
33. Motor vehicle accidents325
34. All other accidents91019
35. Suicide3-3
36. Homicide and operations of war---
Totals325347672

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MATERNAL MORTALITY
No deaths in childbirth, either from puerperal sepsis or other
maternal causes, were recorded during the year. Only two maternal
deaths have occurred in the Borough in the last eight years.
The maternal mortality rate for England and Wales per thousand
live and still births was 0.56.
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