[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Lothingland R.D.C.

  • Lothingland (Suffolk, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Lothingland R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH. Cause Male Female Total Tuberculosis, respiratory _• 1 1 Malignant neoplasm, stomach 2 1 3 Ma1ignan t ne opla sm, lung 4 — 4 Malignant neoplasm, uterus — 1 1 Malignant neoplasm, breast — 4 4 Other malignant neoplasms 15 22 37 Leukaemia 1 1 2 Diabetes 2 — 2 Vascular lesions of nervous system 7 12 19 Coronary disease, angina 21 12 33 Hypertension with heart disease 1 1 2 Other heart disease 7 9 16 Other circulatory disease 9 5 14 Influenza — 1 1 Pneumonia 4 — 4 Bronchitis 4 1 5 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea 1 — 1 Ulcer stomach and duodenum 2 1 3 Nephritis and nephrosis 1 — 1 Hyperplasia of prostate 4 — 4 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion — 1 l Congenital malformations 3 — 3 . Other defined and ill defined diseases 6 7 13 Motor vehicle accidents 1 1 2 All other accidents 1 3 .4 Suicide 1 1 2 Homicide 1 98 85 1 183 Motor vehicle accidents; A boy, aged 10 of Reydon, Cause: Crush injury of the head when he fell from his bicycle underneath the rear near side wheel of an overtaking lorry, A girl, aged 7 years of Somorleyton. Cause: Fracture of base of skull caused by her having been knocked down by a motor cycle. Other accidents: A male, aged 53 years of Belton, Cause: Drowning when ship deceased was serving in was sunk at sea due to collison, A female, aged 83 years of Wangford. Cause: Hypostatic pneumonia following a fall from which the deceased sustained injuries to the right arm and right thigh, A female, aged 81 years of Reydon, Cause: Bronchial pneumonia following a recumbency in bed and associated with arteriosclerosis and cerebral anaemia. Death was due to accident - slipped on a mat, A female, aged 80 years of Kessingland. Cause: Exhaustion - Concussion and fracture caused by her having been knocked down by a cyclist.