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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: The four principal causes of death were as follows

The four principal causes of death were as follows

Number of deathsPercentage of total deaths
Disease of the heart and circulatory system29338%
Cancer13111%
Vascular lesions of nervous system10313%
Diseases of the respiratory system12015%
64783%

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

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

MalesFemalesTotal
1. Respiratory tuberculosis224
2. Other tuberculosis---
3. Syphilitic disease112
4. Diphtheria---
5. Whooping Cough---
6. Meningococcal infections---
7. Acute poliomyelitis---
8. Measles---
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases112
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach11718
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus30232
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast11314
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus-66
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms273057
15. Leukaemia224
16. Diabetes246
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system4063103
18. Coronary disease, angina8972161
19. Hypertension with heart disease8917
20. Other heart disease244973
21. Other circulatory disease123042
22. Influenza134
23. Pneumonia223153
24. Bronchitis321850
25. Other diseases of respiratory system10313
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum325
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea-11
28. Nephritis and nephrosis112
29. Hyperplasia of prostate5-5
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion---
31. Congenital malformations213
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases212748
33. Motor vehicle accidents448
34. All other accidents9514
35. Suicide729
36. Homicide and operations of war---
367389756