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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 1963

[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 system27036%
Cancer14619%
Vascular lesions of nervous system9611%
Diseases of the respiratory system10914%
62180%
The following is an analysis of the causes of death:-
MalesFemalesTotal
1. Respiratory tuberculosis426
2. Other tuberculosis-22
3. Syphilitic disease-11
4. Diphtheria---
5. Whooping Cough---
6. Meningococcal infections---
7. Acute poliomyelitis---
6. Measles---
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases4-4
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach61016
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus33740
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast-99
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus-77
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms323567
15• Leukaemia347
16. Diabetes235
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system336396
18. Coronary disease, angina9269161
19. Hypertension with heart disease369
20. Other heart disease144862
21. Other circulatory disease132538
22. Influenza257
23. Pneumonia183351
24. Bronchitis321446
25. Other diseases of respiratory system426
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum314
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea426
28. Nephritis and nephrosis-22
29. Hyperplasia of prostate7-7
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion---
31. Congenital malformations8210
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases143448
33. Motor vehicle accidents257
34. All other accidents7916
35• Suicide347
36. Homicide and operations of war1-1
344404748

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