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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: Deaths Registered during the Year 1958

Deaths Registered during the Year 1958

Cause of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory325
2 Tuberculosis, other.........
3 Syphilitic disease1...1
4 Diphtheria.........
5 Whooping cough.........
6 Meningococcal infections.........
7 Acute Poliomyelitis.........
8 Measles.........
9 Other infective and parasitic diseases2...2
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach10818
11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus22426
12 Malignant neoplasm, breast...1616
13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus...44
14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms312556
15 Leukæmia, aleukæmia112
16 Diabetes145
17 Vascular lesions of nervous system424890
18 Coronary disease, angina7939118
19 Hypertension with heart disease246
20 Other heart disease204464
21 Other circulatory disease151429
22 Influenza213
23 Pneumonia12820
24 Bronchitis28735
25 Other diseases of respiratory system213
26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum9211
27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea314
28 Nephritis and nephrosis134
29 Hyperplasia of prostate9...9
30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion.........
31 Congenital malformations46io
32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases292655
33 Motor vehicle accidents213
34 All other accidents5712
35 Suicide246
36 Homicide and operations of war...22
All causes337282619