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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Merton and Morden 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE IV.
CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEARS 1940, 1941, 1942.
| No. | Cause of Death. | Males | Females | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Cerebro spinal fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping Cough | — | 1 | - | - | _ | — | 1 | — | |
| 5 | Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Tuberculosis Respir. System | 18 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 42 | 38 | |
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Q | |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 9 | |
| 9 | Influenza | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Measles | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | |
| 11 | Ac. Polio. myel. and polio. enceph. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12 | Ac. inf. enceph. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 13 | Cancer of bue. cav. and oesp oph. / uterus | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 7 |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | - | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 8 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 1 |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 28 | 48 | 42 | 35 | 76 | - | 7 | ||
| 17 | Diabetes | 3 | 43 | 9 | - | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| 18 | Intra cranial vasular lesions | - | - | 2 | - | - | 37 | 2 | - | 60 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 77 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 149 | 147 | 124 | |
| 20 | Other dis. of circ. system | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 148 | 11 | 19 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 24 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 21 | |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 20 | 15 | 10 | 90 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 21 | |
| 23 | Other resp. diseases | 9 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 30 | 29 | ||
| 24 | Ulcer of stom. & duodenum | - | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 10 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1 | 2 | 42 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | |
| 26 | Appendicitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 27 | Other digest. dis. | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 28 | Nephritis | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 18 | |
| 29 | Puer. and post abort, sepsis | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 15 |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 31 | Premature births | 18 | — | — | - | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| 32 | Con. mal. birth inj. inf. dis. | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 22 | 26 |
| 33 | Suicide | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 69 | 21 | 7 | 62 | 11 | 9 | 131 | 32 | 16 |
| 36 | All other causes | 22 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 33 | 44 | 47 | 55 |
| Total all causes | 359 | 309 | 274 | 355 | 248 | 314 | 714 | 557 | >88 | |