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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 1964

[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 1964

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1964

M.F.Total
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory314
2. Tuberculosis, other---
3. Syphilitic disease448
4. Diphtheria---
5. Whooping Cough---
6. Meningococcal infections---
7. Acute Poliomyelitis---
8. Measles---
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases-11
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach8917
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus45954
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast11920
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus-55
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms4456100
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia347
16. Diabetes-11
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system3283115
18. Coronary disease, angina10861169
19. Hypertension with heart disease178
20. Other heart disease3393126
21. Other circulatory disease224163
22. Influenza112
23. Pneumonia292756
24. Bronchitis341347
25. Other diseases of respiratory system527
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum325
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea235
28. Nephritis and nephrosis213
29. Hyperplasia of prostate6-6
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion---
31. Congenital malformations-22
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases294372
33. Motor vehicle accidents8210
34. All other accidents7411
35. Suicide6713
36. Homicide and operations of war---
TOTALS436501937