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 Penge]
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Causes of Death | Males | Females |
---|---|---|
All Causes | 140 | 171 |
1 Enteric Fever | ... | 1 |
2 Small-pox | ... | ... |
3 Measles | 1 | . .. |
4 Scarlet Fever | ... | ... |
5 Whooping cough | ... | i |
6 Diphtheria | ... | i |
7 Influenza | 2 | 4 |
8 Encephalitis lethargica | ... | ... |
9 Meningococcal meningitis | ... | ... |
10 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 8 | 9 |
11 Other tuberculous diseases | 4 | 3 |
12 Cancer, malignant disease | 9 | 17 |
13 Rheumatic Fever | ... | ._ |
14 Diabetes | 1 | 2 |
15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 11 | 18 |
16 Heart disease | 14 | 14 |
17 Arterio-sclerosis | 7 | 9 |
18 Bronchitis | 11 | 9 |
19 Pneumonia (all forms) | 11 | 12 |
20 Other respiratory diseases | 1 | 3 |
21 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | ... | ... |
22 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 6 | 7 |
23 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 1 | ... |
24 Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 1 |
25 Acute and chronic nephritis | 2 | 8 |
26 Puerperal sepsis | ... | ... |
27 Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | ... | 1 |
28 Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth | 11 | 4 |
29 Suicide | 2 | 3 |
30 Other deaths from violence | 6 | 5 |
31 Other defined diseases | 29 | 39 |
32 Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | ... |
Special causes (included above) | ||
Poliomyelitis | ... | ... |
Polioencephalitis | ... | ... |
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age | ||
Total | 19 | 17 |
Illegitimate | 1 | 2 |
Total Births | 288 | 276 |
Legitimate | 275 | 266 |
Illegitimate | 13 | 10 |
Population 26,430 |