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 1947
Cause of Death | Males | Females | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | ... | ... | ... |
2 Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | ... | ... |
3 Scarlet fever | ... | ... | ... |
4 Whooping cough | ... | ... | ... |
5 Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... |
6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 16 | 17 | 33 |
7 Other forms of tuberculosis | 5 | 3 | 8 |
8 Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 3 | 5 |
9 Influenza | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 Measles | 1 | ... | 1 |
11 Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... |
12 Acute infectious encephalitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 Cant-er of buccul cavity and oesophagus (m) and uterus (f) | 4 | 4 | 8 |
14 Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 4 | 8 | 12 |
15 Cancer of breast | ... | 13 | 13 |
16 Cancer of all other sites | 45 | 25 | 70 |
17 Diabetes | 1 | 2 | 3 |
18 Intra cranial vascular lesions | 25 | 29 | 54 |
19 Heart disease | 87 | 93 | 180 |
20 Other diseases of circulatory system | 11 | 10 | 21 |
21 Bronchitis | 26 | 16 | 42 |
22 Pneumonia | 17 | 13 | 30 |
23 Other respiratory diseases | 3 | 1 | 4 |
24 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 4 | 2 | 6 |
25 Diarrhoea (under two years) | ... | 1 | 1 |
26 Appendicitis | ... | 1 | 1 |
27 Other digestive diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 |
28 Nephritis | 5 | 7 | 12 |
29 Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | ... | ... | ... |
30 Other maternal causes | ... | 1 | 1 |
31 Premature birth | 12 | 2 | 14 |
32 Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infantile disease | 17 | 9 | 26 |
33 Suicide | 7 | 5 | 12 |
34 Road traffic accidents | 4 | — | 4 |
35 Other violent causes | 8 | 5 | 13 |
36 All other causes | 20 | 17 | 37 |
All causes | 327 | 291 | 618 |