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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 1957

[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 :—

CauseMaltsFemaltsTotal
1. Respiratory tuberculosis3-3
2. Other tuberculosis---
3. Syphilitic disease1-1
4. Diphtheria---
5. Whooping cough---
6. Meningococcal infections---
7. Acute poliomyelitis112
8. Measles--—
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases4-4
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach8715
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus24529
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast-1515
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus-44
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms262652
15. Leukaemia426
16. Diabetes145
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system3373106
18. Coronary disease, angina6355118
19. Hypertension with heart disease6915
20. Other heart disease265379
21. Other circulatory disease161935
22. Influenza235
23. Pneumonia121830
24. Bronchitis26632
25. Other diseases of respiratory system628
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum527
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea2-2
28. Nephritis and nephrosis213
29. Hyperplasia of prostate5-5
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion---
31. Congenital malformations-11
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases162642
33. Motor vehicle accidents516
34. All other accidents51116
35. Suicide426
36. Homicide and operations of war---
Totals306346652

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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 nine years.
The maternal mortality rate for England and Wales per thousand
live and still births was 0.47.
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