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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 1960

[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 1960

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1960

M.F.Total
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory2-2
2.Tuberculosis, other---
3.Syphilitic disease639
4.Diphtheria---
5.Whooping Cough---
6.Meningococcal infections---
7.Acute Poliomyelitis---
8.Measles---
9.Other infective and parasitic diseases1-1
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach12921
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus29938
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast-1414
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus-1010
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms403777
15.Leukaemia, aleukaemia628
16.Diabetes235
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system4484128
18.Coronary diseases, angina9661157
19.Hypertension with heart disease6612
20.Other heart disease47101148
21.Other circulatory disease203757
22.Influenza112
23.Pneumonia212445
24.Bronchitis191332
25.Other diseases of respiratory system246
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum336
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea246
28.Nephritis and nephrosis314
29.Hyperplasia of prostate4-4
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion---
31.Congenital malformations213
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases294372
33.Motor vehicle accidents8311
34.All other accidents279
35.Suicide31013
36.Homicide and operations of war---
TOTALS410490900