Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 125.0 |
General death rate of infants under 1 year of age for England and Wales | 46 |
Death from Cancer (all ages) | 35 |
Death from Measles (all ages) | 0 |
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 |
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 2 |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | — |
2. Cerebrospinal fever | — | — |
3. Scarlet fever | — | — |
4. Whooping cough | — | 1 |
5. Diphtheria | — | — |
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 6 | 8 |
7. Other form of tuberculosis | 1 | 1 |
8. Syphlitic diseases | 2 | — |
9. Influenza | — | 2 |
10. Measles | — | — |
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | — | — |
12. Acute Infantile encaphalitis | — | — |
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) Uterus (F) | — | 3 |
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 4 | 5 |
15. Cancer of breast | — | 2 |
16. Cancer of all other sites | 9 | 12 |
17. Diabetes | — | 1 |
18. Intracranial vascular lesions | 11 | 11 |
19. Heart disease | 23 | 29 |
20. Other diseases of circularity system | 1 | 5 |
21. Bronchitis | 7 | 1 |
22. Pneumonia | 3 | |
23. Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 1 |
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 7 | — |
25. Diarrhoea under 2 years | 2 | — |
26. Appendicitis | — | — |
27. Other digestive diseases | 1 | 2 |
28. Nephritis | 1 | 1 |
29. Puerperal and post-aboTtive sepsis | — | — |
30. Other maternal causes | — | — |
31. Premature birth | 2 | 3 |
32. Congenital malformation, birth injuries, infant disease | 3 | 5 |
33. Suicide | — | 1 |
34. Road traffic accident | 2 | — |
35. Other violent causes | 18 | 23 |
36. All other causes | 9 | 8 |
All causes Total | 114 | 129 |