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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
Erith 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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A.l.f. TABLE SHOWING SUMMARY OF CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 1943.
| No. | Cause of Death. | Male. | Female. | TOTAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Typhoid Fever &c., | - | - | - |
| 2. | Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | - | - |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5. | Diphtheria | - | - | - |
| 6. | Tuberculosis of resp: system | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 7. | Other forms of Tuberculosis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 8. | Syphilitic Diseases | 3 | - | 3 |
| 9. | Influenza | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 10. | Measles | - | - | - |
| 11. | Acute Polio-mel: and polio-enceph: | - | - | - |
| 12. | Acute inf: enceph: | - | - | - |
| 13. | Cancer of buc: cav: & œ soph: (m) ) uterus (f) ) | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 15. | Cancer of breast | - | 10 | 10 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| 17. | Diabetes | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 18. | Intra-cranial vascular lesions . | 18 | 24 | 42 |
| 19. | Heart Disease | 44 | 47 | 91 |
| 20. | Other diseases of circ: system | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 20 | 9 | 29 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 24. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 7 | - | 7 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea under two years | 3 | - | 3 |
| 26. | Appendicitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 29. | Puerperal and post-abort: sepsis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 30. | Other maternal causes | - | 2 | 2 |
| 31. | Premature birth | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 32. | Con: Mai: birth inj: infant dis: | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 33. | Suicide | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 34. | Road Traffic accidents | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 35. | Other violent causes | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 36. | All other causes | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| TOTAL ALL CAUSES. | 232 | 207 | 439 |