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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

Surbiton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Table: From the foregoing table it will be seen that the principal causes of death, apart from zymotic-diseases, are as follows:—

From the foregoing table it will be seen that the principal causes of death, apart from zymotic-diseases, are as follows:—

Cancer79
Heart Disease113163
Cerebral Hæmiorrhage22
Aneurysm–
Other Circulatory Diseases28
Pneumonia2740
Bronchitis11
Other Respiratory Diseases2
Influenza18
Tuberculosis (Respiratory)12

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Cancer.
Cancer (Malignant Disease) was responsible
for 79 deaths or 17.59 per cent. of the total number
recorded.

Table: The following table gives the percentage figure since 1927:—Deaths from Cancer.

The following table gives the percentage figure since 1927:—

Deaths from Cancer.

Year.Total Deaths.Cancer DeathsPercentage of Total Deaths.
19272643212.1
19282614617.6
19293195115.9
19302884314.9
19313415014.6
19323244012.3
19333584612.8
1934355339.2
19353886316.2
19363875614.4
19374497917.59