Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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From the foregoing table it will be seen that the principal causes of death, apart from zymotic-diseases, are as follows:—
Cancer | 79 | |
Heart Disease | 113 | 163 |
Cerebral Hæmiorrhage | 22 | |
Aneurysm | ||
Other Circulatory Diseases | 28 | |
Pneumonia | 27 | 40 |
Bronchitis | 11 | |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | |
Influenza | 18 | |
Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 12 |
Cancer.
Cancer (Malignant Disease) was responsible
for 79 deaths or 17.59 per cent. of the total number
recorded.
The following table gives the percentage figure since 1927:—
Year. | Total Deaths. | Cancer Deaths | Percentage of Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
1927 | 264 | 32 | 12.1 |
1928 | 261 | 46 | 17.6 |
1929 | 319 | 51 | 15.9 |
1930 | 288 | 43 | 14.9 |
1931 | 341 | 50 | 14.6 |
1932 | 324 | 40 | 12.3 |
1933 | 358 | 46 | 12.8 |
1934 | 355 | 33 | 9.2 |
1935 | 388 | 63 | 16.2 |
1936 | 387 | 56 | 14.4 |
1937 | 449 | 79 | 17.59 |