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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
Chigwell 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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CAUSES OP DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1960.
| Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| " , other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syphilitic disease | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whooping cough | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meningococcal infections | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| " " , lung, bronchus | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| " " , breast | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| " " , uterus | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 29 | 18 | 47 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Diabetes | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 48 | 27 | 75 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Other heart disease | 19 | 25 | 44 |
| Other circulatory disease | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Influenza | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| Bronchitis | 20 | 7 | 27 |
| Other diseases of the respiratory system | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Congenital malformations | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 7 | l | 8 |
| All other accidents | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Suicides | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Homicide and operations of war | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 238 | 204 | 442 |