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 Mitcham]
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Deaths Registered during the Year, 1935.
Cause of Death. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Typhoid and paratyphoid | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | ... | 1 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Influenza | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 15 | 20 | 35 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 3 | ... | 6 |
Syphilis | 1 | ... | 1 |
General Paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 2 | ... | 2 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 34 | 34 | 68 |
Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 9 | 10 | 19 |
Heart Disease | 50 | 55 | 105 |
Aneurism | 2 | ... | 2 |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 6 | 9 | 15 |
Bronchitis | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 19 | 16 | 35 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | ... | 3 | 3 |
Peptic Ulcer | 3 | ... | 3 |
Diarrhoea, &c. (under two years) | 2 | ... | 2 |
Appendicitis | 3 | ... | 3 |
Cirrhosis of the Liver | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Other Diseases of the Liver, etc | ... | 3 | 3 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 8 | 11 | 19 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Puerperal sepsis | ... | ... | ... |
Other Puerperal causes | ... | 3 | 3 |
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc | 15 | 14 | 29 |
Senility | 3 | 14 | 17 |
Suicide | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Other Violence | 11 | 10 | 21 |
Other defined Diseases | 25 | 17 | 42 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 238 | 247 | 485 |
Special Causes: — | |||
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... |
Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... |
Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... |