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Hayes and Harlington 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1939.

CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1939.

Causes of Death.Males.Females.
All Causes210166
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers––
2. Measles––
3. Scarlet Fever–1
4. Whooping Cough–2
5. Diphtheria12
6. Influenza42
7. Encephalitis lethargica—–
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever—–
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system810
10. Other tuberculous diseases13
11. Syphilis1—
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis——
13. Cancer, malignant disease2227
14. Diabetes22
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.44
16. Heart disease5236
17. Aneurysm42
18. Other circulatory diseases612
19. Bronchitis5-
20. Pneumonia (all forms)2214
21. Other respiratory diseases21
22. Peptic ulcer31
23. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)83
24. Appendicitis35
25. Cirrhosis of liver1-
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.2—
27. Other digestive diseases12
28. Acute and chronic nephritis72
29. Puerperal sepsis-1
30. Other puerperal causes—1
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.1717
32. Senility11
33. Suicide1—
34. Other violence175
35. Other defined diseases159
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown--
Diarrhoea (2 years and over)-1
Deaths of Infants3829
under 1 year (Legitimate3526
(illegitimate33
(Total602581
Live Births (Legitimate578559
(Illegitimate2422
(Total1419
Stillbirths (Legitimate1319
(illegitimate1—

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Population (Mid-Year) 51,370
(Figures furnished by the Registrar-General).
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