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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Table: Deaths Registered During the Year 1959

Deaths Registered During the Year 1959

Cause of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory112
2 Tuberculosis, other.........
3 Syphilitic disease1...l
4 Diphtheria.........
5 Whooping cough.........
6 Meningococcal infections.........
7 Acute Poliomyelitis.........
8 Measles.........
9 Other infective and parasitic diseases1...l
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach6511
11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus27532
12 Malignant neoplasm, breast...2525
13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus...44
14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms343670
15 Leukaemia, aleukæmia123
16 Diabetes156
17 Vascular lesions of nervous system225173
18 Coronary disease, angina9356149
19 Hypertension with heart disease...99
20 Other heart disease244064
21 Other circulatory disease141226
22 Influenza257
23 Pneumonia181634
24 Bronchitis421658
25 Other diseases of respiratory system617
26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum123
27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea246
28 Nephritis and nephrosis145
29 Hyperplasia of prostate3...3
30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion.........
31 Congenital malformations314
32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases172441
33 Motor vehicle accidents538
34 All other accidents4711
35 Suicide7411
36 Homicide and operations of war112
All causes337339676