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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
Carshalton 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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The group of diseases responsible for the greatest number of deaths
is that related to the heart and circulation. These conditions in 1957
accounted for half the total deaths. Coronary disease of the heart itself
killed 82 people of whom men outnumbered women by two to one.
Only three deaths were due to this disease, a record low shared with the year 1955. The death rates from this cause for the last twenty years were as follows :—
| Year | Deaths from Tuberculosis | Death Rate per 1,000 Population | Year | Deaths from Tuberculosis | Death Rate per 1,000 Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The distribution of tuberculosis mortality by wards and other details
are given in Section F of this report.
No death resulted from any of the notifiable infectious diseases.
Violent causes accounted for the deaths of eleven residents. They
were :—
Road traffic accidents 3
Accidents in the Home 1
Drowning 1
Injury on Railway 1
Accidental asphyxia 1
Suicide .. .. .. .. .. 4
Inquests
Inquests were held on 45 persons who died in the district. The following
verdicts were returned:—
Accidental Death 32
Suicide 3
Misadventure 5
Natural causes5
Eight of the total were residents of the district. Sixteen were due to
road accidents.
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