[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham City.

  • Durham (England). City Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH IN DURHAM BOROUGH, 1950. Cause of Death. 1 Total M. F. .■\ll Causes 228 106 122 Tuberculosis, respiratory . . 9 5 4 I'ubercuiosis, other — — — Syphilitic disease 1 1 — Diphtheria . . — — — Whooping cough — — — Meningococcal infections — ^— -— Acute poliomyelitis — — — Measles — — — Other infective and parasitic diseases 1 1 — Malignant neoplasm, stomach 3 2 1 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus 3 9 1 Malignant neoplasm, breast 5 — 5 Malignant neoplasm, uterus 5 — 5 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 13 7 6 Leukaemia, aleukaemia 1 1 — Diabetes w — 9 W Vascular lesions of nervous system 24 10 14 Coronary disease, angina . . 20 12 8 Hypertension with heart disease 6 4 2 Other heart disease 43 20 23 Other circulatory disease . . 5 2 3 Influenza 5 1 4 Pneumonia . . 4 2 2 Bronchitis 7 5 2 Other diseases of respiratory system o — r> Ulcer of stomach and duodenum — — Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea o 2 — Nephritis and nephrosis 5 2 3 Hyperplasia of prostate — — Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion 1 — . 1 Congenital malformations 3 1 2 Other defined and il 1-defined diseases 48 21 27 Motor vehicle accidents 1 1 — All other accidents . . 4 3 1 Suicide 1 — 1 Homicide and operations of war 1 1 —