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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE I
TABLE I
PARTICULARS OF DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR - GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1953
| Cause of Death | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 317 | 288 |
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | 8 | 1 |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | - | - |
| 3, Syphilitic Disease | 2 | - |
| 4. Diphtheria | - | - |
| 5. Whooping Cough | 1 | - |
| 6. Meningococcal Infections | - | - |
| 7.Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - |
| 8. Measles | — | - |
| 9. Other infective and Parasitic Diseases | - | - |
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm, stomach | 5 | 4 |
| 11. Malignant Neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 25 | 6 |
| 12. Malignant Neoplasm, breast | - | 12 |
| 13. Malignant Neoplasm, uterus | — | 9 |
| 14, Other Malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 30 | 28 |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | 3 |
| l6. Diabetes | - | 5 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of the nervous system | 30 | 49 |
| l0. Coronary disease, angina | 51 | 22 |
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | 5 | - |
| 20.Other heart disease | 40 | 46 |
| 21. Other circulatory disease | 9 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | |
| 23. Pneumonia | 11 | 13 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 38 | 20 |
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 7 | 1 |
| 24. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 9 | 7 |
| 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - |
| 28.Nephritis and Nephrosis | 4 | 3 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | — |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - |
| 31. Congenital malformations | 2 | 3 |
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 21 | 20 |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 5 | 2 |
| 34. All other accidents | 1 | 7 |
| 35.Suicide | 1 | 1 |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | — | — |
| ALL CAUSES | 317 | 288 |