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 Sidcup]
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Cause of Death. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Enteric Fever | |||
Small Pox | |||
Measles | |||
Scarlet Fever | |||
Whooping Cough | |||
Diphtheria | |||
Influenza | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | |
Meningococcal Meningitis | |||
Tuberoulosis of respiratory system | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | 1 | |
Cancer, malignant diseases | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | |
Diabetes | 3 | 3 | |
Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Heart disease | 7 | 5 | 12 |
Arterio Sclerosis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Bronchitis | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Pneumonia, all forms | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Other respiratory diseases | 1 | 1 | |
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 1 | 1 | |
Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | |||
Appendicitis and typhilitis | 1 | 1 | |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 1 | |
Acute and chronic nephritis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Puerperal sepsis | |||
Other diseases and accidents of. pregnancy and parturition | ... | ... | ... |
Congenital debility, malformation, premature birth | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Suicide | |||
Other deaths from violence | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other defined diseases | 8 | 14 | 22 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | |||
Totals | 43 | 58 | 101 |