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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

Sutton and Cheam 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1950

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1950

M.F.Total
1Tuberculosis respiratory104i4
2Tuberculosis, other---
3Syphilitic disease257
4Diphtheria---
5Whooping Cough---
6Meningococcal infections---
7Acute Poliomyelitis-11
8Measles---
9Other infective and parasitic diseases224
10Malignant neoplasm, stomach101323
11Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus26329
12Malignant neoplasm, breast11415
13Malignant neoplasm, uterus-33
14Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms375794
15Leukaemia, aleukaemla-33
16Diabetes123
17Vascular lesions of nervous system5181132
18Coronary disease, angina5552107
19Hypertension with heart disease71724
20Other heart disease5582137
21Other circulatory disease151429
22influenza224
23Pneumonia121426
24Bronchitis271037
25Other diseases of respiratory system527
26Ulcer of stomach and duodenum145
27Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea213
28Nephritis and nephrosis8614
29Hyperplasia of prostate11-11
30Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion---
31Congenital malformations4812
32Other defined and ill-defined diseases414283
33Motor vehicle accidents527
34All other accidents7916
35Suicide257
36 .Homicide and operations of war---
Totals399458857