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 Coulsdon]
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TABLE IV.
DEATHS OCCURRING DURING THE YEAR 1947.
Cause of death. | Males. | Females. | Total. 1 | Under 1 year. | 1 and, under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Typhoid fever, etc. | |||||||||||
Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Scarlet fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Respiratory tuberculosis | 11 | 12 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 13 | 3 |
Other tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Syphilis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Influenza | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ac. Inf. encephalitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
Cancer | 52 | 66 | 118 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 43 | 63 |
Diabetes | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Intra-cranial lesions | 33 | 52 | 85 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 75 | |
Heart disease | 95 | 92 | 187 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 36 | 149 |
Other diseases of circulatory system | 11 | 12 | 23 | - | - | -_ | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
Bronchitis | 16 | 14 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 21 |
Pneumonia | 17 | 17 | 34 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
Other respiratory diseases | 4 | 7 | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 |
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 6 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
Diarrhoea under 2 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Appendicitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Other digestive diseases | 8 | 10 | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 10 |
Nephritis | 7 | 6 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Puerperal sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other maternal causes | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Premature birth | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Congenital debility, etc. | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suicide | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
Road traffic accidents | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Other violent causes | 15 | 13 | 28 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
All other causes | 27 | 24 | 51 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 38 |
Totals | 329 | 343 | 672 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 160 | 430 |