[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City.

  • Worcester (England). City Council.
Date:
1956
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Analysis of deaths is given on the Registrar General’s abridged table below. Age Groups 0 + i + 5 + 15 + 25 4- 45 + 65 4 - 754 - Total 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory . . 4 2 6 2 Tuberculosis, other — ___ —— - _ 3 Syphilitic disease . . — -■ - _____ 1 1 1 3 4 Diphtheria .. 5 Whooping cough — — _ _ _____ 6 Meningococcal infections . . 1 — ■ ____ 1 7 7 Acute poliomyelitis . . — —... - _ _ 8 Measles _ _____ _____ _____ 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases ___ _____ _____ 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach . . .. — — ___ _____ 5 8 7 20 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus .. — — - - - ■ ■■ 2 11 6 1 20 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast — — — — 2 11 5 2 20 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus — — — — 1 5 2 2 10 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms — — _ ____ 1 28 15 28 72 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia _,_ 1 _____ 2 1 1 5 16 Diabetes i ■ _ 1 _____ _ 2 3 17 Vascular lesions nervous system — — — — — 20 29 62 111 18 Coronary disease angina . . — — — — 2 27 30 40 99 19 Hypertension with heart disease 6 5 11 22 20 Other heart diseases — — — 1 — 7 26 72 106 21 Other circulatory diseases.. 6 5 6 17 22 Influenza — — — — — 1 _ _ 1 23 Pneumonia . . 6 — — _ 1 5 5 21 38 24 Bronchitis — 1 — — 2 10 15 16 44 25 Other diseases of respiratory system . — — — — — 3 — 2 5 26 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum — — — — — 2 4 1 7 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea . . 1 — — — — — 1 1 3 28 Nephritis and nephrosis — — — 1 — 3 — 2 6 29 Hyperplasia of prostate 2 1 3 30 Pregnancy, child-birth abortion 31 Congenital malformations . . 2 3 5 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases 14 1 — — 5 9 14 49 92 33 Motor vehicle accidents — — — 1 2 4 — — 7 34 All other accidents . . 2 2 2 — — 3 — 6 15 35 Suicide — — — 1 4 6 2 2 15 36 Homicide and operations of war — Totals | 26 7 4 4 22 179 181 334 757