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Merton and Morden 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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TABLE V.

Causes of Death during year 1951.

No.	Cause of Death	Males	Females	Total
1	Tuberculosis, respiratory	10	4	14
2	Tuberculosis, other	1	1	2
3	Syphilitic disease	4	–	4
4	Diphtheria	—	—	–
5	Whooping cough	–	—	—
6	Meningococcal Infections	–	—	–
7	Acute poliomyelitis	—	—	—
8	Measles	—	—	–
9	Other infective and parasitic diseases	1	–	1
10	Malignant neoplasm, stomach	6	12	18
11	Malignant neoplasm, lung bronchus	25	5	30
12	Malignant neoplasm, breast	—	15	15
13	Malignant neoplasm, uterus	—	10	10
14	Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms	40	34	74
15	Leukaemia, aleukaemia	3	—	3
16	Diabetes	3	2	5
17	Vascular lesions of nervous system	33	47	80
18	Coronary disease, angina	60	33	93
19	Hypertension with heart disease	13	15	28
20	Other heart disease	50	61	111
21	Other circulatory disease	11	8	19
22	Influenza	8	14	22
23	Pneumonia	17	14	31
24	Bronchitis	26	10	36
25	Other diseases of respiratory system	5	3	8
26	Ulcer of stomach and duodenum	6	1	7
27	Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea	—	1	1
28	Nephritis and nephrosis	2	2	4
29	Hyperplasia of prostate	10	—	10
30	Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion	—	1	1
31	Congenital malformations	7	8	15
32	Other defined and ill-defined diseases	25	28	53
33	Motor vehicle accidents	—	1	1
34	All other accidents	3	8	11
35	Suicide	2	1	3
36	Homicide and operations of war	—	—	–
	Total all causes	371	339	710