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 Bromley]
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APPENDIX III.
Causes of Death, 1930.
Causes. | Male. | Female. | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Enteric Fever | — | — | — |
Smallpox | — | — | — |
Measles | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | 1 |
Whooping Cough | — | 1 | 1 |
Diphtheria | — | — | — |
Influenza | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — |
Meningococcal Meningitis | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 22 | 12 | 34 |
Other Tuberculosis diseases | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 31 | 38 | 69 |
Rheumatic Fever | — | 1 | 1 |
Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Heart Disease | 47 | 57 | 104 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 9 | 5 | 14 |
Bronchitis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 13 | 9 | 22 |
Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Cirrhosis of liver | — | — | — |
Acute and chronic Nephritis | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Puerperal Sepsis | — | 1 | 1 |
Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | - | 1 | 1 |
Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Suicide | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Other deaths from violence | 11 | 8 | 19 |
Other defined diseases | 26 | 47 | 73 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — | — |
Total | 200 | 229 | 429 |