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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 1959

[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 1959:

REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH

The following table, supplied by the Registrar-General, gives the causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1959:

Causes of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
All Causes168165333
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory2—2
2. Tuberculosis, other1—1
3. Syphilitic disease———
4. Diphtheria———
5. Whooping Cough———
6. Meningococcal infections———
7 Acute poliomyelitis———
8 Measles———
9. Other infective and parasitic diseases—22
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach10515
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus15217
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast—66
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus—44
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms162238
15. Leukaemia, aleukasmia—11
16. Diabetes—22
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system203757
18. Coronary disease, angina272047
19. Hypertension with heart disease246
20. Other heart diseases122133
21. Other circulatory diseases11617
22. Influenza8—8
23 Pneumonia51318
24. Bronchitis11213
25. Other diseases of respiratory system123
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum—11
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea-—-
28. Nephritis and nephrosis112
29. Hyperplasia of prostate6—6
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31. Congenital malformations3—3
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases91019
33. Motor vehicle accidents213
34 All other accidents325
35. Suicide314
36. Homicide and operations of war———