[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford City / County Borough.

  • Bradford (West Yorkshire, England). Metropolitan District Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford City / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The gradual increase in deaths from coronary disease and angina has been accompanied by a corresponding fall in deaths from other heart diseases, i.e. hypertension, congestive and dyspnoeic heart failure. Cancer, Malignant Neoplasms {including leukaemia and aleukaemia). There were 723 deaths; a number which differs little from the numbers reported in the last ten years. The following table shows the increase in the incidence of death from cancer of the lung and bronchus: Table 9 Deaths from Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus, by Sex, Bradford, 1932-1963. Year Males Females Total 1932 18 1936 36 1940 42 1949 82 1960 94 1961 88 18 106 1962 74 20 94 1963 91 13 104 1964 89 14 103 1966 110 20 130 1956 116 17 133 1967 120 10 130 1958 123 27 160 1969 126 26 161 1960 126 16 142 1961 120 22 142 1962 143 24 167 1963 161 24 176 Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions This heading includes deaths from cerebral haemorrhage (apoplexy), cerebral embolism and thrombosis. There were 605 deaths (238 males and 367 females). Table 10 Deaths from Cerebral Haemorrhage, by Sex, Bradford, 1954- 1963. 1954 1955 1966 1957 1958 1969 1960 1961 1962 1963 Males .. 260 216 207 237 194 263 216 211 255 238 Females 366 325 313 300 337 336 346 346 344 367 Total 626 641 520 637 631 680 661 667 599 605 There has been no significant alteration in the death rate from intra- cranial vascular disease during the last ten years.