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 1963
Male | Female | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Tuberculosis, respiratory | 4 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Malignant Neoplasm, stomach | 7 | 6 | 13 |
" " , lung bronchus | 24 | 5 | 29 |
" " , breast | 0 | 13 | 13 |
" " , uterus | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 24 | 25 | 49 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Diabetes | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system | 21 | 40 | 61 |
Coronary disease, angina | 46 | 47 | 93 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Other heart disease | 16 | 19 | 35 |
Other circulatory disease | 11 | 11 | 22 |
Influenza | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Pneumonia | 30 | 14 | 44 |
Bronchitis | 21 | 15 | 36 |
Other diseases of the respiratory system | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Nephritis and Nephrosis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Congenital malformations | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 21 | 25 | 46 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 2 | 2 | 4 |
All other accidents | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Suicides | 5 | 0 | |
Homicides and operations of war | 0 | 1 | 1 |
258 | 244 | 502 |