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 1961.
.... Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Tuberculosis, respiratory | 3 | 0 | 3 |
" , 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 | 1 | 1 |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 9 | 7 | 16 |
" " , lung, bronchus | 27 | 2 | 29 |
" 11 , breast | 0 | 12 | 12 |
" " , uterus | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 22 | 21 | 43 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Diabetes | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 21 | 41 | 62 |
Coronary disease, angina | 45 | 36 | 81 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Other heart disease | 16 | 23 | 39 |
Other circulatory disease | 13 | 18 | 31 |
Influenza | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Pneumonia | 16 | 11 | 27 |
Bronchitis | 20 | 10 | 30 |
Other diseases of the respiratory system | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Nephritis and Nephrosis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Congenital malformations | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 15 | 27 | 42 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 8 | 0 | 8 |
All other accidents | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Suicides | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Homicides and operations of war | 0 | 0 | 0 |
239 | 247 | 486 |
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