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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: Deaths Registered during the Year 1953

Deaths Registered during the Year 1953

Cause of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory9110
2 Tuberculosis, other.........
3 Syphilitic disease...11
4 Diphtheria.........
5 Whooping cough.........
6 Meningococcal infections...11
7 Acute poliomyelitis1...1
8 Measles22
9 Other infective and parasitic diseases...11
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach161026
11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus16117
12 Malignant neoplasm, breast...1717
13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus...33
14 Other malignant and lymphatic neo.........
plasms412566
15 Leukaemia, aleuksemia145
16 Diabetes.........
17 Vascular lesions of nervous system194968
18 Coronary disease, angina494392
19 Hypertension with heart disease6713
20 Other heart disease284573
21 Other circulatory disease101424
22 Influenza268
23 Pneumonia16925
24 Bronchitis382260
25 Other diseases of respiratory system6...6
26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum527
27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea...11
28 Nephritis and nephrosis6612
29 Hyperplasia of prostate6...6
30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion...11
31 Congenital malformations325
32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases202141
33 Motor vehicle accidents4...4
34 All other accidents6612
35 Suicide ...415
36 Homicide and operations of war.........
All causes314299613