Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1959.
Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Tuberculosis, respiratory | 6 | 1 | 7 |
" , other | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Syphilitic disease | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Whooping Cough | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Meningococcal infections | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Acute poliomyelitis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Measles | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 5 | 7 | 12 |
" " , lung, bronchus | 18 | 4 | 22 |
" " , breast | 0 | 13 | 13 |
" " , uterus | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 23 | 22 | 45 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Diabetes | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 24 | 33 | 57 |
Coronary disease, angina | 50 | 30 | 80 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Other heart disease | 18 | 29 | 47 |
Other circulatory disease | 13 | 16 | 29 |
Influenza | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Pneumonia | 14 | 11 | 25 |
Bronchitis | 23 | 15 | 38 |
Other disease of respiratory system | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Congenital malformations | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 16 | 17 | 33 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 5 | 1 | 6 |
All other accidents | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Suicide | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Homicide | 0 | 0 | 0 |
244 | 233 | 477 |
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