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Crayford 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]

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Table: Table showing Summary of Causes of Death registered during the year ended 31st December, 1945.

Table showing Summary of Causes of Death registered during the year ended 31st December, 1945.

CAUSES OF DEATH.MaleFemale
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers——
2. Cerebrospinal fever——
3. Scarlet fever——
4. Whooping cough—1
5. Diphtheria——
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system55
7. Other form of tuberculosis00
8. Syphlitic diseases20
9. Influenza12
10. Measles00
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis00
12. Acute Infantile encaphalitis00
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) Uterus (F)33
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum32
15. Cancer of breast03
16. Cancer of all other sites1314
17. Diabetes01
18. Intracranial vascular lesions1013
19. Heart disease4428
20. Other diseases of circulatory system31
21. Bronchitis141
22. Pneumonia65
23. Other respiratory diseases00
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum50
25. Diarrhoea under 2 years00
26. Appendicitis31
27. Other digestive diseases43
28. Nephritis11
29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis00
30. Other maternal causes00
31. Premature birth51
32. Congenital malformation, birth injuries, infant disease76
33. Suicide00
34. Road traffic accident22
35. Other violent causes20
36. All other causes1013
All causes Total143106

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Population
As will be seen from the summary of statistics the
Registrar General has estimated the population for the
mid-year 1946 to be 25,780. This is an increase of 2,750
over last year's figure.
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