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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 1962

[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 1962

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1962

M.F.Total
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory1-1
2. Tuberculosis, other---
3. Syphilitic disease336
4. Diphtheria---
5. Whooping Cough---
6. Meningococcal infections---
7. Acute Poliomyelitis---
8. Measles---
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases123
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach10616
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus42749
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast-1919
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus-44
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms474390
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia314
16. Diabetes2-2
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system44101145
18. Coronary diseases, angina10181182
19. Hypertension with heart disease81018
20. Other heart disease42103145
21. Other circulatory disease174461
22. Influenza235
23. Pneumonia173855
24. Bronchitis491261
25. Other diseases of respiratory system6410
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum426
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea112
28. Nephritis and nephrosis325
29. Hyperplasia of prostate5-5
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion---
31. Congenital malformations459
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases313869
33. Motor vehicle accidents257
34. All other accidents71522
35. Suicide8614
36. Homicide and operations of war-11
TOTALS4605561016