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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 1957

[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 1957:

REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH

The following table, supplied by the Registrar-General, gives the causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1957:

Causes of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
All Causes174179353
1. Tuberculosis, respiratory1—1
2. Tuberculosis, other1—1
3. Syphilitic disease—11
4. Diphtheria———
5. Whooping Cough———
6. Meningococcal infections———
7 Acute poliomyelitis———
8 Measles———
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases—11
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach246
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus8311
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast..—1010
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus..—33
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms252247
15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia—11
16 Diabetes123
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system193049
18 Coronary disease, angina281745
19. Hypertension with heart disease123
20 Other heart diseases273158
21 Other circulatory diseases141125
22 Influenza213
23 Pneumonia8917
24. Bronchitis121022
25 Other diseases of respiratory system2—2
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum ..1—1
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea112
28. Nephritis and nephrosis—11
29. Hyperplasia of prostate6—6
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31. Congenital malformations ..112
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases81321
33. Motor vehicle accidents4—4
34 All other accidents123
35. Suicide134
36. Homicide and operations of war-—-