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Crayford 1947

[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, 1947.

Table showing Summary of Causes of Death registered during the year ended 31st December, 1947.

CAUSES OF DEATH.MaleFemale
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers——
2. Cerebrospinal fever——
3. Scarlet fever——
4. Whooping cough——
5. Diphtheria——
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system88
7. Other form of tuberculosis12
8. Syphlitic diseases——
9. Influenza21
10. Measles——
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis——
12. Acute Infantile encaphalitis——
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) Uterus (F)75
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum82
15. Cancer of breast—2
16. Cancer of all other sites186
17. Diabetes——
18. Intracranial vascular lesions916
19. Heart disease4143
20. Other diseases of circulatory system23
21. Bronchitis95
22. Pneumonia44
23. Other respiratory diseases11
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum2—
25. Diarrhoea under 2 years42
26. Appendicitis2—
27. Other digestive diseases32
28. Nephritis15
29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis——
30. Other maternal causes—1
31. Premature birth42
32. Congenital malformation, birth injuries, infant disease23
33. Suicide11
34. Road traffic accident1—
35. Other violent causes33
36. All other causes147
All causes Total147124

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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 1947 to be 26,610. This is an increase of 830
over last year's figure.
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