[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough.

  • Wigan (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Death with Death Rates, 1953. Disease No. of Deaths. Rate. 1. Tuberculosis, Respiratory ... ... • • • 20 .24 2. Tuberculosis, Other... • • 4 1 .01 3. Syphilitic Disease ... • M 2 .02 4. Diphtheria ... • St — 5. Whooping Cough ... ' 1 .01 6. Meningococcal Infections ... • • 4 —- — 7. Acute Poliomyelitis... 2 .02 8. Measles —- — 9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases ... 2 .02 10. Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach 34 .41 11. „ ,, Lung, Bronchus ... 29 .35 12. ,, „ Breast 20 .24 13. ,, ,, Uterus 9 .11 14. Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms 64 .77 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia 1 .01 16. Diabetes 8 .10 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System 123 1.48 18. Coronary Disease, Angina 114 1.37 19. Hypertension with Heart Disease 13 .16 20. Other Heart Disease 169 2.03 21. Other Circulatory Disease 48 .57 22. Influenza 11 .13 23. Pneumonia ... 37 .44 24. Bronchitis 92 1.11 25. Other Diseases of Respiratory System ... 13 .16 26. Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum 7 .08 27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea 1 .01 28. Nephritis and Nephrosis ... 14 .17 29. Hyperplasia of Prostate ... 8 .10 30. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion 1 .01 31. Congenital Malformations ... 10 .12 32. Other Defined and Ill-defined Diseases 103 1.24 33. Motor Vehicle Accidents ... • • • • , . 9 .11 34. All Other Accidents 24 .29 35. Suicide 11 .13 36. Homicide and Operations of War 1,001 12.02 12.02