[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port.

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSE OF DEATH, BY AGE GROUPS, IN THE BOROUGH OF DOVER DURING 1955 Causes of Death M. 1 F. 1- M. 1 -2 F. 2- M. -5 F. 5— M. 15 F. 15- M. -25 F. 25- M. -45 F. 45— M. -65 F. 65- M. -75 F. 75 + M. F. Total M. F. i 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory ... — — — — — — — — — 1 — —— 2 3 -■ - 1 4 3 2 Tuberculosis, other 3 Syphilitic Disease ... 2 1 2 1 4 Diphtheria ... 5 Whooping Cough ... 6 Meningococcal Infection ... — 1 1 7 Acute Poliomyelitis 1 2 2 1 8 Measles 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases ... 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach ... 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 6 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus 1 6 1 3 2 12 1 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 — 2 — 1 — 5 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus — — — — — — — •— — — — — 2 — 1 — 1 — 4 14 Other malignant and lym- phatic neoplasms 2 5 4 9 6 5 7 19 19 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia 1 1 1 — 2 1 16 Diabetes 17 Vascular lesions of nervous system 1 7 7 15 16 22 24 18 Coronary disease, angina ... 11 3 13 8 13 10 37 21 19 Hypertension with heart disease 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 20 Other heart disease 1 — 1 2 7 4 7 29 16 35 21 Other circulatory diseases... 1 2 2 2 11 4 14 22 Influenza ... 1 1 — 23 Pneumonia ... — 2 — — — — — — — 1 — 1 1 — 1 1 2 7 4 12 24 Bronchitis ... 9 2 7 3 4 5 20 10 25 Other diseases of the respir- atory system 2 1 . ____ _____ 1 2 2 26 Ulcer of stomach and duo- denum 1 1 _ 1 _ _ 1 2 2 27 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea... 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 28 Nephritis and nephrosis ... —— 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 — — 1 — — 1 — — 1 4 29 Hyperplasia of prostrate ... 4 4 30 Pregnancy, childbirth, abor- tion 1 1 31 Congenital malformations... — 2 1 1 1 3 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases ... 4 4 1 1 3 3 3 2 11 10 33 Motor Vehicle Accidents ... 1 1 — 34 All other accidents 1 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — 2 — 2 2 — 1 6 4 35 Suicide — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — 2 — 1 — — 1 3 36 Homicide and operations of war TOTALS 5 12 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 8 6 45 27 63 45 62 100 185 194