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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Table: TABLE IPARTICULARS OF DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1959

TABLE I

PARTICULARS OF DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1959

Cause of DeathMalesFemales
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory2_
2.Tuberculosis, other--
3.Syphilitic Disease5-
4.Diphtheria--
5.Whooping Cough--
6.Meningococcal Infections--
7.Acute Poliomyelitis--
8.Measles--
9.Other infective and Parasitic Diseases12
10.Malignant Neoplasm, stomach613
11.Malignant Neoplasm, lung, bronchus251
12.Malignant Neoplasm, breast-16
13.Malignant Neoplasm, uterus-6
14.Other Malignant and lymphatic neoplasms2628
15.Leukaemia, aleukemia11
16.Diabetes12
17.Vascular lesions of the nervous system2645
18.Coronary disease, angina6341
19.Hypertension with heart disease610
20.Other heart disease2634
21.Other circulatory disease179
22.Influenza32
23.Pneumonia1414
24.Bronchitis3414
25.Other diseases of respiratory system81
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum31
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea13
28.Nephritis and Nephrosis2-
29.Hyperplasia of prostate1-
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion-1
31.Congenital malformations22
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases2233
33.Motor vehicle accidents54
34.All other accidents72
35.Suicide61
36.Homicide and operations of war1-
ALL CAUSES314286