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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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5
Total
Deaths
Measles2
Whooping Cough 4
Diphtheria —
Scarlet Fever —
Influenza 29
Tuberculosis of Lungs 90
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 10
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age 20
| Cause of Death. | Deaths, 1943 | Total Deaths 1942 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers ... | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | -• |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 5 |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 53 | 37 | 90 | 97 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 |
| Syphilitic Diseases | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| Influenza | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 |
| Measles | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Acute Infectious Encephalitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Cancer of B. Cav. and Oesoph. (M.), ; Uterus (F.) | 10 | 17 | 27 | 22 |
| Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | 29 | 21 | 50 | 46 |
| Cancer of Breast | - | 29 | 29 | 36 |
| Cancer of all other Sites | 95 | 78 | 173 | 173 |
| Diabetes | 9 | 11 | 20 | 10 |
| Intra-Cran. Vase. Lesions | 64 | 98 | 162 | 154 |
| Heart Disease | 193 | 242 | 435 | 379 |
| Other Diseases of Circulatory System | 33 | 42 | 75 | 56 |
| Bronchitis | 55 | 42 | 97 | 83 |
| Pneumonia | 49 | 51 | 100 | 85 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 14 | 8 | 22 | 23 |
| Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 19 | 7 | 26 | 15 |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 12 | 8 | 20 | 26 |
| Appendicitis | - | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 18 | 16 | 34 | 36 |
| Nephritis | 20 | 20 | 40 | 33 |
| Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Other Maternal Causes | - | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Premature Birth | 16 | 15 | 31 | 37 |
| Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases | 26 | 16 | 42 | 42 |
| Suicide | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 |
| Road Traffic Accidents | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 |
| Other Violent Causes | 24 | 30 | 54 | 47 |
| All other Causes | 77 | 71 | 148 | 140 |
| Total | 852 | 926 | 1778 | 1619 |