Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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Deaths occuring during the year 1940.
Causes of Death. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 159 | 187 | 346 |
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | 1 | |
2. Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
4. Whooping Cough | - | - | - |
5. Diphtheria | - | - | - |
6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 8 | 1 | 9 |
7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | - | 3 | 3 |
8. Syphilitic Disease | - | 2 | 2 |
9. Influenza | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10. Measles | - | - | - |
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | - | - | - |
12. Acute Infectious Encephalitis | 1 | — | 1 |
13.mCancer of Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (males) | - | - | - |
13.fCancer of Uterus | — | 1 | 1 |
14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | 3 | 3 | 6 |
15. Cancer of Breast | 1 | 5 | 6 |
16. Cancer of all other Sites | 18 | 18 | 36 |
17. Diabetes | _ | 1 | 1 |
18. Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions | 9 | 11 | 20 |
19. Heart Disease | 46 | 54 | 100 |
20. Other Dieases of the Circulatory System | 5 | 9 | 14 |
21. Bronchitis | 8 | 9 | 17 |
22. Pneumonia | 4 | 9 | 13 |
23. Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | — | 2 |
24. Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum | 3 | 2 | 5 |
25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | — | 1 | 1 |
26. Appendicitis | — | — | — |
27. Other Digestive Diseases | — | 5 | 5 |
28. Nephritis | 5 | 6 | 11 |
29. Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis | — | — | — |
30. Other Maternal Causes | — | — | — |
31. Premature Birth | 2 | 1 | 3 |
32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease | 3 | 1 | 4 |
33. Suicide | 3 | 2 | 5 |
34. Road Traffic Accidents | 1 | — | 1 |
35. Other Violent Causes | 24 | 22 | 46 |
36. All Other Causes | 8 | 19 | 27 |