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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 1958

[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 :—

CauseMalaFemalesTotal
1. Respiratory tuberculosis1-1
2. Other tuberculosis1-1
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, stomach13922
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus25429
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast-1111
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus-11
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms372663
15. Leukaemia-33
16. Diabetes123
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system3173104
18. Coronary disease, angina6367130
19. Hypertension with heart disease8816
20. Other heart disease225274
21. Other circulatory disease152136
22. Influenza---
23. Pneumonia111526
24. Bronchitis251338
25. Other diseases of respiratory system8412
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum415
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea134
28. Nephritis and nephrosis-11
29. Hyperplasia of prostate8-8
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion-11
31. Congenital malformations336
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases222345
33. Motor vehicle accidents7-7
34. All other accidents3710
35. Suicide6410
36. Homicide and operations of war---
Totals317353670

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MATERNAL MORTALITY
There was one death associated with childbirth during 1958 compared
with a nil return for the preceding year.
The cause of death in this case was acute puerperal metritis
following a live delivery in an institution situated outside the Borough.
This maternal death was only the third which has occurred in the
Borough during the past ten years.
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