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Merton and Morden 1952

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

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TABLE V.

Causes of Death during 1952

No.	Cause of Death	Males	Females	Total
1	Tuberculosis, respiratory	15	7	22
2	Tuberculosis, other	1	—	1
3	Syphilitic disease	3	1	4
4	Diphtheria	—	—	—
5	Whooping cough	—	—	—
6	Meningococcal Infections	—	—	—
7	Acute poliomyelitis	1	1	2
8	Measles	—	—	—
9	Other infective and parasitic diseases	1	—	1
10	Malignant neoplasm, stomach	13	6	19
11	Malignant neoplasm, lung bronchus	29	6	35
12	Malignant neoplasm, breast	2	14	16
13	Malignant neoplasm, uterus	—	6	6
14	Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms	47	31	78
15	Leukaemia, aleukaemia	1	1	2
16	Diabetes	1	1	2
17	Vascular lesions of nervous system	30	57	87
18	Coronary disease, angina	68	31	99
19	Hypertension with heart disease	13	10	23
20	Other heart disease	28	58	86
21	Other circulatory disease	8	14	22
22	Influenza	2	3	5
23	Pneumonia	14	12	26
24	Bronchitis	15	16	31
25	Other diseases of respiratory system	3	3	6
26	Ulcer of stomach and duodenum	6		6
27	Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea	1	2	3
28	Nephritis and nephrosis	3	4	7
29	Hyperplasia of prostate	5	—	5
30	Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion	—	—	—
31	Congenital malformations	5	2	7
32	Other defined and ill-defined diseases	34	34	68
33	Motor vehicle accidents	4	3	7
34	All other accidents	5	3	8
35	Suicide	5	1	6
36	Homicide and operations of war	—	_	_
Total all causes		363	327	690