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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

Beddington and Wallington 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATHThe following table, supplied by the Registrar-General, gives the causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1955:

REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH

The following table, supplied by the Registrar-General, gives the causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1955:

Causes of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
All Causes150172322
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory4—4
2. Tuberculosis, other——
3. Syphilitic disease—11
4. Diphtheria———
5. Whooping Cough———
6. Meningococcal infections———
7. Acute poliomyelitis———
8. Measles———
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases1—1
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach437
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus12214
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast—44
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus—33
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms112132
15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia112
16. Diabetes—22
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system163248
18. Coronary disease, angina282755
19. Hypertension with heart disease5—5
20. Other heart diseases142943
21. Other circulatory diseases13720
22. Influenza1—1
23. Pneumonia8715
24. Bronchitis9716
25. Other diseases of respiratory system314
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum—22
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea—55
28. Nephritis and nephrosis134
29. Hyperplasia of prostate—2
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31. Congenital malformations3—3
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases81119
33. Motor vehicle accidents3—3
34. All other accidents325
35. Suicide—22
36. Homicide and operations of war—--