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Merton and Morden 1945

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

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TABLE IV.

CausesofDeathduringthe Year 1945.

No.Cause of Death.MalesFemalesTotal
lTyphoid and Paratyphoid
Fevers--
2Gerebro spinal fever23
3Scarlet Fever--
4Whooping Cough---
5Diphtheria-11
6Tuberculosis Reepir. System291342
7Other forms of Tuberculosis3-3
8Syphilitic diseases2-2
9Influenza-11
10Measles---
11Ac. Polio-myel. and polioencephalitis-
12Ac. inf. encephalitis---
13Canoer of hue. cav. and oesoph. (M) uterus (F)7512
14Canoer of stomach and duodenum9918
15Cancer of breast-1515
16Cancer of all other sites323971
17Diabetes123
18Intra-cranial vascular lesions'-'24567
19Heart disease' 87551+2
20Other dis. of circ. system5712
21Bronchitis261036
22Pneumonia91322
23Other respiratory diseases7512
24TTlcer of stom. or duodenum437
25Diarrhoea under 2 years112
26Appendicitis---
27Other digestive diseases7613
28Nephritis9716
29Puer. and post abort, sepsis---
30Other maternal causes-11
31Premature birth8311
32Coil. mal. birth inj. inf. dis.9817
33Suicide415
34Road traffic accident437
35Other violent causes4812
36All other causes321749
Total all causes322280602

MATERNAL MORTALITY.
One death was recorded as being dne to maternal causes
during the year, giving a maternal mortality rate of 0.97 per
thousand total births as against 0.84 in the previous year. The
corresponding rate for England and Wales was 1.66.
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