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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 1963

[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 1963

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1963

M.F.Total
1.Tuberculosis, respiratory---
2.Tuberculosis, other-11
3.Syphilitic disease134
4.Diphtheria---
5.Whooping Cough---
6.Meningococcal infections1-1
7.Acute Poliomyelitis---
8.Measles---
9,Other infective and parasitic diseases-12
10.Malignant neoplasm, stomach15520
11.Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus33841
12.Malignant neoplasm, breast-2929
13.Malignant neoplasm, uterus-55
14.Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms484189
15.Leukaemia aleukaemia437
16.Diabetes279
17.Vascular lesions of nervous system5293145
18.Coronary diseases, angina12155176
19.Hypertension with heart disease51520
20.Other heart disease44118162
21.Other circulatory disease213657
22.Influenza426
23.Pneumonia444993
24Bronchitis......412667
25.Other diseases of respiratory system628
26.Ulcer of stomach and duodenum8513
27.Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea516
28.Nephritis and nephrosis......-44
29.Hyperplasia of prostate............3-3
30.Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion-22
31,Congenital malformations628
32.Other defined and ill-defined diseases303565
33.Motor vehicle accidents7512
34.All other accidents7916
35.Suicide459
36.Homicide and operations of war---
TOTALS5125681080