Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Deaths from certain causes
Category | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1960 | 1950 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuberculosis, respiratory | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 39 |
Cancer, Uterus | 9 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 11 |
Cancer, Bronchus, Lung | 102 | 132 | 112 | 113 | 120 | 83 | 52 |
Coronary disease | 460 | 443 | 460 | 523 | 400 | 362 | 291 |
Bronchitis | 81 | 98 | 90 | 93 | 83 | 82 | 75 |
Suicide | 12 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 15 |
Motor Vehicle accidents | 23 | 26 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 13 |
All other accidents | 25 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 26 |
The number of deaths by cause and sex and age groups is given in full in Table 1 in the Appendix to this report.
Infant Deaths
Age Under 1 year of age | MALES | FEMALES | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legit. | Illegit. | Total | Legit. | lllegit. | Total | TOTAL | ||
1971 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 33 | |
1970 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 27 | |
1969 | 13 | – | 13 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 40 | |
Under 4 weeks of age | 1971 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 26 |
1970 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 21 | |
1969 | 8 | – | 8 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 25 | |
Under 1 week of age | 1971 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 25 |
1970 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | – | 13 | 18 | |
1969 | 6 | – | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
Infant Mortality Rates
England & Wales 1971 | London Borough of Sutton 1971 1970 | ||
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Infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 18 | 14 | 12 |
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17 | 13 | 11 |
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 24 | 25 | 22 |
Neo-natal deaths under four weeks per 1,000 total live births | 12 | 11 | 9 |
Early Neo-natal Deaths under one-week per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 10 | 11 | 8 |
Peri-natal Stillbirths and deaths under one week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 22 | 22 | 15 |