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Merton and Morden 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE IV.
Causes of Death during the Year 1946.
| No. | 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 Respir. System | 21 | 16 | 37 |
| 7 | Other forms of Tuberculosis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Influenza | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Measles | - | - | - |
| 11 | Ac. Polio-myel. and polioencephalitis | _ | - | - |
| 12 | Ac. inf. encephalitis | - | - | - |
| 13 | Cancer of bue. cav. and oesoph. (M) uterus (F) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 54 | 31 | 85 |
| 17 | Diabetes | - | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 21 | 29 | 50 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 59 | 66 | 125 |
| 20 | Other dis. of circ. system | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 24 | Ulcer of stom. or duodenum | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1 | - | 1 |
| 26 | Appendicitis | 2 | - | 2 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 28 | Nephritis | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 29 | Puer. and post abort, sepsis | - | - | - |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | - | - | - |
| 31 | Premature birth | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | Con. mal. birth inj. inf. dis. | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 33 | Suicide | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 34 | Road traffic accident | 5 | - | 5 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 36 | All other causes | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| Total all causes | 305 | 263 | 568 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
The maternal mortality in our area this year is nil. That
is to say, no woman resident of our district died as a result of
childbirth, either within the district, or in hospital or nursinghome
outside the district. If we turn up the records, we have
to go back to 1928 to find such a fortunate occurrence, though
our maternal mortality as the figures on page 16 will show is
consistently low.
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