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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 1944

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

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Table: TABLE IV.Causes of Death during the Year 1944.

TABLE IV.

Causes of Death during the Year 1944.

No.Cause of Death.MalesFemalesTotal
1Typhoid and Paratyphoid
Fevers---
2Cerebro spinal fever---
3Scarlet Fever---
4Whooping Cough213
5Diphtheria-11
6Tuberculosis Respir. System27835
7Other forms of Tuberculosis2-2
8Syphilitic diseases516
9Influenza314
10Measles-11
11Ac. Polio-myel. and polioencephalitis---
12Ac. inf. encephalitis1-1
13Cancer of buc. cav. and oesoph. (M) uterus (F)437
14Cancer of stomach and duodenum4933
15Cancer of breast-1414
16Cancer of all other sites334073
17Diabetes-11
18Intra-cranial vascular lesions213354
19Heart disease8266148
20Other dis. of circ. system71017
21Bronchitis21526
22Pneumonia21829
23Other respiratory diseases527
24Ulcer of stom. or duodenum628
25Diarrhoea under 2 years314
26Appendicitis325
27Other digestive diseases12517
28Nephritis5712
29Puer. and post abort, sepsis---
30Other maternal causes-11
31Premature birth257
32Con. mal. birth inj. inf. dis.5813
33Suicide224
34Road traffic accident112
35Other violent causes383472
36All other causes152641
Total all causes330298628

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
In the year 1944 one mother only died as a result of
childbirth, giving a maternal mortality rate of 0.84. This
figure has created a new low record. Last year's figure of 0.85
being the lowest previous figure ever recorded for the district.
This figure compares very favourably with the latest published
figure for England and Wales, which is 1.84.
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