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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

Chingford 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1959 (cont:)

CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1959 (cont:)

Causes of deathMalesFemalesTotal
Brought forward534497
Diabetes112
Vascular lesions of nervous system161935
Coronary disease, angina432164
Hypertension with heart disease41014
Other heart disease263561
Other circulatory disease14822
Influenza336
Pneumonia171128
Bronchitis13215
Other diseases of respiratory system314
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum224
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea123
Nephritis and nephrosis123
Hyperplasia of prostate2-2
Congenital malformations-22
Other defined and ill-defined diseases.152136
Motor vehicle accidents123
All other accidents459
Suicide314
Totals — all causes222192414
Totals - year 1958207182389

Table: DEATHS FROM CANCERThere were 89 deaths from cancer, of which 82 occurred in persons over the age of 45 years. The following chart tabulates the sites, age and sex groups.

DEATHS FROM CANCER

There were 89 deaths from cancer, of which 82 occurred in persons over the age of 45 years. The following chart tabulates the sites, age and sex groups.

Site0-44 years45 years and overTotal
M.F.M.F.M.F.
Gastro-intestinal tract-115161517
Lungs and Mediastinum2-161181
Genito-urinary organs212546
Breast---12-12
Other sites1-96106
Totals5242404742

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Death rate = 1.93 per 1,000 (as compared with 1.97 per 1,000 in 1958)