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 1944
Cause of Death | Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | ... | ... | ... |
2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | ... | 1 |
3 | Scarlet fever | ... | ... | ... |
4 | Whooping cough | ... | 2 | 2 |
5 | Diphtheria | ... | 1 | 1 |
6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 22 | 15 | 37 |
7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 4 | 5 |
8 | Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Influenza | ... | 2 | 2 |
10 | Measles | ... | ... | ... |
11 | Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... |
12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | ... | ... | ... |
13 | Cancer of buccul cavity and oesophagus (m) and uterus (f) | 1 | 3 | 4 |
14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 14 | 3 | 17 |
15 | Cancer of breast | ... | 14 | 14 |
16 | Cancer of all other sites | 26 | 22 | 48 |
17 | Diabetes | ... | 3 | 3 |
18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 26 | 29 | 55 |
19 | Heart disease | 57 | 68 | 125 |
20 | Other diseases of circulatory system | 13 | 11 | 24 |
21 | Bronchitis | 33 | 13 | 46 |
22 | Pneumonia | 12 | 15 | 27 |
23 | Other respiratory diseases | 3 | 1 | 4 |
24 | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 3 | 1 | 4 |
25 | Diarrhoea (under two years) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
26 | Appendicitis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
27 | Other digestive diseases | 3 | 4 | 7 |
28 | Nephritis | 8 | 5 | 13 |
29 | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | ... | 1 | 1 |
30 | Other maternal causes | ... | ... | ... |
31 | Premature birth | 3 | 7 | 10 |
32 | Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infantile disease | 5 | 6 | 11 |
33 | Suicide | 1 | ... | 1 |
34 | Road traffic accidents | 3 | ... | 3 |
35 | Other violent causes | 40 | 51 | 91 |
36 | All other causes | 25 | 19 | 44 |
All causes | 305 | 307 | 612 |