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Paddington 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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DAD 43
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF PADDITON.
Interim Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1943.
POPULATION: The estimated civilian population for 1943, furnishedby the Registrar-General, shows an increase over that for 1942, hut the figures are not available for publication. Live Births 1,569; Stillbirths 40; Deaths 1,390; Maternal Deaths 3; Infant Deaths 107; Maternal Mortality Rate 1.86; Infant Mortality Rate 68.
| CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS. | All ages. | Under 1 year of age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | TOTAL | M | F | TOTAL | |
| ALL CAUSES. | 678 | 712 | 1590 | 70 | 37 | 107 |
| Typhoid & paratyphoid, fevers | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 52 | 22 | 74 | - | _ | _ |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | |
| Syphilitic diseases | 10 | 11 | 21 | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 11 | 10 | 21 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Measles | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males) | 17 | - | 17 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of uterus | - | 11 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 30 | 10 | 40 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of breast | - | 22 | 22 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of all other sites | 48 | 50 | 98 | - | - | - |
| Diabetes | 6 | 10 | - | - | - | |
| Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 49 | 80 | 129 | - | -- | - |
| Heart disease | 124 | 141 | 265 | - | - | - |
| Other circulatory diseases | 26 | 61 | 87 | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 40 | 47 | 87 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 59 | 73 | 132 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| Other respiratory ciseases | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 18 | 11 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| Appendicitis | 5 | 2 | 9 | - | - | |
| Other eigestive diseases | 14 | 35 | - | - | - | |
| Nephritis | 15 | 15 | 30 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal sepsis | - | 1 | l | - | - | - |
| Other maternal causes | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Premature birth | 11 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile disease | 18 | 10 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| Suicide | 8 | 2 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Road traffic accidents | 6 | 5 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Other violent causes | 30 | 19 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| All other causes | 52 | 64 | 116 | 3 | 3 | 6 |