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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
Tottenham 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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CANCER DEATHS OVER PAST 50 YEARS
Diseases of the heart and circulation
This group of diseases still accounts for the greatest number of deaths.
From 1946 to 1952 the figure had risen steadily from 540 to 648. In 1953
there was a drop to 532, and the figure for 1954 is 553. There appears to be
no obvious reason for the rise in the immediate postwar years and the return
to the 1946 level in the last two years.
Coronary disease accounted for 189 deaths (115 male and 74 female), an
increase of 26 over the previous year.
Vascular disease of the central nervous system caused 152 deaths (67 male
and 85 female). The mortality was again highest in females, but the sex
difference is less than it has been for the past few years.
SUMMARY OF DISINFECTION WORK DURING 1954
Rooms disinfected after occurrence of Infectious disease 178
Bedding disinfected after occurrence of infectious disease or death 121
library books disinfected 165