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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1950.
| Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 300 | 305 | |
| 1. | Tuberculosis, respiratory | 7 | 6 |
| 2. | Tuberculosis, other | - | 3 |
| 3. | Syphilitic disease | 3 | 1 |
| 4. | Diphtheria | - | - |
| 5. | Whooping cough | - | - |
| 6. | Meningococcal infections | - | - |
| 7. | Acute poliomyelitis | - | - |
| 8. | Measles | 1 | - |
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | - |
| *10. | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 7 | 5 |
| +11. | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 13 | 5 |
| +12. | Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | 11 |
| +13. | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | 5 |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 24 | 26 |
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 4 |
| 16. | Diabetes | 2 | 3 |
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous astern | 22 | 40 |
| 18, | Coronary disease, angina | 61 | 35 |
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | 11 | 9 |
| 20. | Other heart disease | 47 | 74 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 10 | 15 |
| 22. | Influenza | - | - |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 11 | 20 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | 15 | 6 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 2 | - |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 3 | - |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | 1 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephosis | 1 | 1 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 8 | - |
| +30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | - |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 8 | 4 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 28 | 24 |
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | 6 | 3 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 4 | 2 |
| 35. | Suicide | 4 | 2 |
| 36. | Homicide end operations of war | - | - |
+ The Registrar General has renamed some of the diseases in order
to offer better information as to the cause of death. This can
be ascertained by reference to my Annual Report for 1949.