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 Fulham]
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TABLE 1 - Causes of and Ages at Death during year 1940.
Cause of Death | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
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Typhoid & Paratyphoid fevers | - | |||||||||||
Cerebro-spinal fever | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | - | |||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 89 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | |||
Other forms of | ||||||||||||
Tuberculosis | l6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Syphilitic diseases | 28 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | |||||
Influenza | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||
Measles | - | |||||||||||
Acute Pollo-myelitis & | - | |||||||||||
Polio-encephalitis | ||||||||||||
Acute infantile | - | |||||||||||
Encephalitis | ||||||||||||
Cancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus(M) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Cancer of uterus (F) | 22 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||||
Cancer of stomach & duodenum | 42 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
Cancer of breast | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
Cancer of all other sites | 160 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 41 | |||||
Diabetes | 11 | l | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 135 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 48 | 54 | ||||||
Heart Disease | 407 | l | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 49 | 127 | 197 | |||
Other diseases of circulates system | 69 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 26 | ||||||
Bronchitis | 160 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 47 | 75 | |||
Pneumonia | 125 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 28 | |
Other respiratory diseases | 31 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | |||||
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||
Diarrhoea under 2 years | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
Appendicitis | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | l | 3 | ||||||
Other digestive disorders | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | |||
Nephritis | 33 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | ||||||
Puerperal & postabortion sepsis | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Other maternal causes | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Premature birth | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
Congenital malformations, birth injuries, &c. | 28 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Suicide | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||||
Road traffic accidents | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Other violent causes | 326 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 47 | 61 | 43 | 46 | 26 | 26 |
All other causes | 113 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 46 | |
TOTALS | 1994 | 70 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 70 | 108 | 142 | 191 | 341 | 474 | 547 |