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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: Deaths Registered during the Year 1957

Deaths Registered during the Year 1957

Cause of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory3...3
2 Tuberculosis, other112
3 Syphilitic disease3...3
4 Diphtheria.........
5 Whooping cough.........
6 Meningococcal infections.........
7 Acute Poliomyelitis.........
8 Measles.........
9 Other infective and parasitic diseases112
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach15823
11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus38341
12 Malignant neoplasm, breast...1313
13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus...22
14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms262955
15 Leukaemia, aleukæmia123
16 Diabetes...33
17 Vascular lesions of nervous system245377
18 Coronary disease, angina553893
19 Hypertension with heart disease8311
20 Other heart disease255782
21 Other circulatory disease101424
22 Influenza5510
23 Pneumonia151227
24 Bronchitis221234
25 Other diseases of respiratory system426
26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum9211
27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea134
28 Nephritis and nephrosis112
29 Hyperplasia of prostate4...4
30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion.........
31 Congenital malformations235
32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases152035
33 Motor vehicle accidents5...5
34 All other accidents538
35 Suicide426
36 Homicide and operations of war.........
All causes302292594