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 Sutton and Cheam]
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Total. | Under 1 year. | 1—2 years. | 2—5 years. | 5—15 years. | 15—65 years. | 65 and above. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Influenza | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 |
Enœphalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 37 | - | - | - | 1 | 31 | 5 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - |
Syphilis | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 125 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 65 | 58 |
Diabetes | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
Cerebral Hœmorrhage, etc. | 31 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | 19 |
Heart Disease | 154 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 120 |
Aneurysm | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 47 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 33 |
Bronchitis | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 9 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 37 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 14 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Peptic Ulcer | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Appendicitis | 8 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Diseases of Liver | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 9 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Other Puerperal causes | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc. | 21 | 20 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Senility | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
Suicide | 9 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 |
Other Violence | 22 | 2 | - | - | - | 11 | 9 |
Other Defined Diseases | 59 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 29 | 25 |
Causes Ill-defined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 655 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 262 | 342 |
52.2 per cent. of deaths are at 65 years or above—
65—74 years 156
75—84 years 147
85—94 years 38
95 and above 1
342
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