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Crayford 1949

[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, 1949.

Table showing Summary of Causes of Death registered during the year ended 31st December, 1949.

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 system125
7. Other form of tuberculosis——
8. Syphilitic diseases——
9. Influenza22
10. Measles—1
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis——
12. Acute Infantile encephalitis——
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) Uterus (F)32
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum91
15. Cancer of breast—3
16. Cancer of all other sites1811
17. Diabetes_1
18. Intracranial vascular lesions1012
19. Heart disease3432
20. Other diseases of circulatory system32
21. Bronchitis53
22 Pneumonia84
23. Other respiratory diseases31
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum1—
25. Diarrhoea under 2 years1—
26. Appendicitis1—
27. Other digestive diseases4—
28. Nephritis——
29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis——
30. Other maternal causes—1
31. Premature birth21
32. Congenital malformation, birth injuries, infant disease61
33. Suicide1—
34. Road traffic accident1—
35. Other violent causes21
36. All other causes28
All causes Total12893

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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 1949 to be 27,520. This is an increase of 330
over last year's figure.
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