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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
Fulham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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TABLE 1. – Causes of and Ages at Death during year 1939.
| Cause of Death | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid fever | – | |||||||||||
| Measles | – | |||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | – | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | |||||||||||
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 99 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Other tuberculosis | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Syphilis | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| General paralysis of the Insane | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Cancer | 265 | 1 | . | 1 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 69 | 78 | 54 | ||
| Diabetes | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 67 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 29 | ||||||
| Heart Disease | 459 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 76 | 131 | 194 | |||
| Aneurysm | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Other circulatory diseases | 86 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 33 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 63 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 30 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 109 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 30 | ||
| Other respiratory diseases | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Peptic ulcer | 20 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Diarrhoea | 20 | 17 | 3 | |||||||||
| Appendicitis | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other liver diseases | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Other digestive diseases | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Acute & Chronic Nephritis | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | – | |||||||||||
| Other puerperal causes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Congenital Debility, premature birth &c., | 40 | 38 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Senility | 29 | 4 | 25 | |||||||||
| Suicide | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Other violence | 64 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |
| Other defined diseases | 120 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 37 | |
| Ill-defined or not known | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 1613 | 84 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 75 | 77 | 147 | 299 | 388 | 484 |
Cases Certified 1344: Inquests 103;
Coroner without inquests 106.