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 Southall]
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Causes of Deaths, 1940.
Table No. 3.
Male. | Female. | Total 1940. | Total 1939 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Typhoid fever, etc | — | |||||
2. Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 3 | ||||
3. Scarlet fever | — | |||||
4. Whooping cough | 1 | |||||
5. Diphtheria | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
6. Tuberculosis—Respiratory | 18 | 10 | 28 | 28 | ||
7. Other tuberculosis | — | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
8. Syphilis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
9. Influenza | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
10. Measles | — | |||||
i1. Ac. poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | — | |||||
12. Ac. inf. encephalitis | 1 | 1 | — | |||
13/16. Cancer (all forms) | 28 | 36 | 64 | 74 | ||
17. Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
18. Intra-cran. vase. lesions | 20 | 26 | 46 | 15 | ||
19. Heart disease | 57 | 49 | 106 | iii | ||
20. Other circulatory diseases | 4 | 16 | 20 | 40 | ||
21. Bronchitis | 25 | 22 | 47 | 11 | ||
22. Pneumonia (all forms) | 18 | 14 | 32 | 22 | ||
23. Other respiratory diseases | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
24. Peptic ulcer | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | ||
25. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | ||
26. Appendicitis | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
27. Other digestive diseases | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | ||
28. Nephritis | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | ||
29. Puerperal sepsis | 1 | |||||
30. Other puerperal causes | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
31. Premature birth | 7 | 3 | I0 | 3i | ||
32. Congenital malformations, etc | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
33. Suicide | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
34. Road traffic accidents | 3 | 3 | 21 | |||
35. Other violence | 14 | 11 | 25 | |||
36. All other causes | 28 | 18 | 46 | 3i | ||
Special Causes: | ||||||
Smallpox | ||||||
Poliomyelitis | ||||||
Polioencephalitis | ||||||
Total Deaths | 282 | 253 | 535 | 455 |
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