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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CAUSES OF DEATH IN TEE BOROUGH CP SUTTON AND CREAM DURING 1945
M. | F. | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | _ | - | _ |
2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Scarlet fever | - | - | - |
4 | Whooping Cough | - | - | - |
5 | Diphtheria | - | - | - |
6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 17 | 17 | 34 |
7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | 4 | 7 |
8 | Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Influenza | 1 | 6 | 7 |
10 | Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | - | 1 |
12 | Acute infective encephalitis | - | - | - |
13 | Cancer of buccal cavity Oesophagus (M) and Uterus (P) | 6 | 8 | 14 |
14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 10 | 8 | 18 |
15 | Cancer of breast | - | 16 | 16 |
16 | Cancer of all other sites | 60 | 45 | 105 |
17 | Diabetes | 3 | 6 | 9 |
18 | Intracranial vascular lesions | 26 | 47 | 73 |
19 | Heart disease | 96 | 107 | 203 |
20 | Other diseases of circulatory system | 10 | 13 | 23 |
21 | Bronchitis | 23 | 19 | 42 |
22 | pneumonia | 12 | 12 | 24 |
23 | Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 10 | 15 |
24 | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 7 | 1 | 8 |
25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1 | 1 | 2 |
26 | Appendicitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
27 | Other digestive disease | 3 | 9 | 12 |
28 | Nephritis | 7 | 4 | 11 |
29 | Puerperal sepsis | - | - | - |
30 | Other maternal Causes | - | 1 | 1 |
31 | Premature birth | 1 | 1 | 2 |
32 | Congenital malformations, birth injuries and infantile diseases | 11 | 7 | 18 |
33 | Suicide | 3 | 3 | 6 |
34 | Road traffic accidents | 2 | 7 | 9 |
35 | Other violent causes | 7 | 19 | |
36 | All other causes | 26 | 31 | 57 |
346 | 401 | 747 |
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