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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(???)during the Year,1939.
Cause of Death | Males | Females | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Typhoid and paratyphoid | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Diphtheria | 2 | ... | 2 |
Influenza | 3 | 6 | |
Encephai(???) lethargica | ... | ... | ... |
Cerebro- apual Fever | ... | ... | ... |
Tuberculosisof the Respiratory Syatem | 21 | 13 | 39 |
Other Tuberculosis Diseses | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Syphilis | 1 | ... | l |
General (???) of the insane tabes General dorsalis | 4 | ... | 4 |
Cancer, (???) | 19 | 34 | 73 |
Diabetes | 3 | 12 | |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 12 | 10 | 22 |
Heart Disease | 74 | 147 | |
Ansurisn | 1 | ... | 1 |
Other(???) | ... | 13 | 30 |
Bronchitis | 19 | 5 | 23 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 25 | 10 | 35 |
Other Respiratory Disease | ... | 2 | 2 |
Peptic Ulcer | 1 | 8 | |
Diarrhoea, etc. (under two (???) | l | 1 | 2 |
Appendicitis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Cirrhosis of the Liver | 1 | ... | l |
Other Diseases (???) | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Other (???) | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Acuta and Chronie ??? | 7 | 8 | |
Puerperal Sepsis | ... | 1 | 1 |
Other Puerperal causes | ... | 2 | 2 |
Congenita] Debility Premature Birth Malformartions, etc | 13 | 4 | 17 |
Senility | 3 | 8 | 11 |
Suicide | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Other Violence | 18 | 4 | 22 |
25 | 26 | 51 | |
Causes ill-dsfin-d or unknown | ... | ... | ... |
Diarrhoea (over two years) | ... | ||
Total | 311 | 249 | 560 |