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Merton and Morden 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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TABLE V.

Causes of Death during the Year 1939.

No.	Cause of Death	Males	Females	Total
1	Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever	-	-	-
2	Measles	-	-	-
3	Scarlet Fever	-	-	-
4	Whooping Cough	-	-	-
5	Diphtheria	2	-	2
6	Influenza	4	10	14
7	Encephalitis Lethargica	-	-	-
8	Cerebro-Spinal Fever	1	-	1
9	Tuberculosis of Respiratory System	21	23	44
10	Other Tuberculous Diseases	1	2	3
11	Syphilis	2	-	2
12	General Paralysis of the Insane Tabes dorsalis	1	-	1
13	Cancer. Malignant Disease	39	42	81
14	Diabetes	5	2	7
15	Cerebral Hemorrhage, etc.	9	18	27
16	Heart Disease	71	56	127
17	Aneurysm	3	1	4
18	Other Circulatory Diseases	18	11	29
19	Bronchitis	2	3	5
20	Pneumonia (all forms)	12	8	20
21	Other Respiratory Diseases	3	6	9
22	Peptic Ulcer	9	2	11
23	Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)	1	-	1
24	Appendicitis	-	1	1
25	Cirrhosis of Liver	-	-	-
26	Other Diseases of Liver	-	2	2
27	Other Digestive Diseases	3	8	11
28	Acute & Chronic Nephritis	3	2	5
29	Puerperal Sepsis	-	-	-
30	Other Puerperal causes	-	4	4
31	Congenital Debility, Premature Births, Malformations, etc.	16	6	22
32	Senility	4	6	10
33	Suicide	2	5	7
34	Other Violence	9	5	14
35	Other Defined Causes	29	22	51
36	Causes Ill-defined or Unknown	-	-	__
	Diarrhoea (2 yrs. and over)	-	1	1
Total all Causes		270	246	516