London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Uxbridge 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge]
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Causes of Death
| Males. | Females. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 66 | 53 | |
| I | Enteric fever | - | - |
| 2 | Small-pox | - | - |
| 3 | Measles | - | - |
| 4 | Scarlet fever | - | 1 |
| 5 | Whooping cough | - | - |
| 6 | Diphtheria and croup | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Influenza | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - |
| 9 | Pulmonary tuberculosis | 6 | 3 |
| IO | Tuberculous meningitis | - | - |
| n | Other tuberculous diseases | - | 1 |
| 12 | Cancer, malignant disease | 7 | 7 |
| *3 | Rheumatic fever | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Diabetes | 1 | - |
| x5 | Organic heart disease | 10 | 8 |
| 16 | Bronchitis | 7 | 7 |
| 17 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Other respiratory diseases | 1 | - |
| 19 | Diarrhoea, &c. under 2 years) | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Appendicitis and typhlitis | - | |
| 21 | Cirrhosis of liver | - | - |
| Nephritis and Blight's disease | 1 | - | |
| 23 | Cerebral Hæmorrhage | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Arterio Sclerosis | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 1 | - |
| 26 | Puerperal Sepsis | - | - |
| 27 | Parturition, apart from puerperal fever | - | - |
| 28 | Congenital debility, &c. | 3 | 2 |
| 29 | Violence, apart from suicide | 1 | - |
| 3° | Suicide | - | 1 |
| 31 | Other defined diseases | 17 | 11 |
| 32 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | - |
| Deaths of infants under 1 year of age | 7 | 10 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 2 | |
| Total Births | 132 | 133 | |
| Legitimate | 122 | 127 | |
| Illegitimate | 10 | 6 | |