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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 1963

[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 th causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1963:

REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH

The following table, supplied by the Registrar-General, gives th causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1963:

Causes of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
All Causes176184360
1 Tuberculosis, respiratory———
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 diseases213
10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach246
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus17118
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast—22
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus—55
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms242145
15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia4—4
16. Diabetes145
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system152237
18. Coronary disease, angina453378
19. Hypertension with heart disease246
20. Other heart diseases83745
21. Other circulatory diseases121022
22. Influenza———
23 Pneumonia81321
24. Bronchitis9514
25. Other diseases of respiratory system213
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum213
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea123
28. Nephritis and nephrosis112
29. Hyperplasia of prostate1—1
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion———
31. Congenital malformations213
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases91120
33. Motor vehicle accidents2—2
34. All other accidents325
35. Suicide426
36. Homicide and operations of war---