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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

Mitcham 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: Deaths Registered dubing the Year 1951

Deaths Registered dubing the Year 1951

Cause of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory11819
2 Tuberculosis, other123
3 Syphilitic disease1...1
4 Diphtheria.........
5 Whooping cough.........
6 Meningococcal infections...11
7 Acute poliomyelitis1...l
8 Measles.........
9 Other infective and parasitic diseases...22
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach15318
11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus21223
12 Malignant neoplasm, breast...55
13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus...66
14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms263056
15 Leukaemia, aleukæmia22
16 Diabetes325
17 Vascular lesions of nervous system263359
18 Coronary disease, angina432972
19 Hypertension with heart disease7613
20 Other heart disease3764101
21 Other circulatory disease14822
22 Influenza5813
23 Pneumonia162642
24 Bronchitis411960
25 Other diseases of respiratory system5...5
26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum10212
27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea145
28 Nephritis and nephrosis123
29 Hyperplasia of prostate3...3
30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion.........
31 Congenital malformations5712
32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases283866
33 Motor vehicle accidents7411
34 All other accidents459
35 Suicide314
36 Homicide and operations of war.........
All causes337317654