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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Dagenham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH
Over 65
and
under 75
75 and
over
TOTAL
RegistrarGeneral's
Allocation.
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2. Measles
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3. Scarlet fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4. Whooping cough
—
—
—
—
2
1
2
1
6. Diphtheria
—
—
—
—
4
1
4
1
0. Influenza
—
—
—
2
—
2
1
6
7. Encephalitis lethargica
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
8. Cerebro-spinal fever
1
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system
1
—
—
—
24
33
18
50
10. Other tuberculous diseases
1
—
—
—
13
5
10
5
11. Syphilis
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
3
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes
dorsalis
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
13. Cancer, malignant disease
12
8
3
7
40
35
46
39
14. Diabetes
—
—
1
—
4
2
4
1
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc
5
10
4
3
17
25
10
12
10. Heart disease ...
11
21
18
21
77
73
77
72
17. Aneurysm
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
3
18. Other circulatory diseases ...
—
—
1
—
2
4
9
14
19. Bronchitis
1
2
2
2
10
9
13
13
20. Pneumonia (all forms)
4
1
6
3
41
25
21
14
21. Other respiratory diseases ...
2
1
—
—
5
6
6
7
22. Peptic ulcer ...
—
—
—
—
1
1
4
—
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)
—
—
—
—
9
1
7
4
24. Appendicitis ...
—
—
—
—
—
3
—
1
25. Cirrhosis of liver
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
20. Other diseases of liver, etc. ...
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
27. Other digestive diseases
—
1
—
—
2
3
8
10
28. Acutc and chronic nephritis
2
4
—
—
10
14
4
—
29. Puerperal sepsis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5
30. Other puerperal diseases
—
—
—
—
—
5
—
5
31. Congenital debility, premature birth,
malformations, etc.
—
—
—
—
28
15
33
17
32. Senility
—
2
1
7
1
10
—
5
33. Suicide
—
—
—
—
4
2
3
2
34. Other violence
—
—
1
—
18
4
17
3
35. Other defined diseases
2
6
2
1
22
14
30
12
GO. Causes ill-defined or unknown
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
12
56
39
40
345
297
332
291
Five cases of maternal mortality were assigned to this district giving a maternal mortality rate of 2.57 compared with 2.82 for England and Wales and 3.5 for this district for the preceding year.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Over 65 and under 75 | 75 and over | TOTAL | Registrar-General's Allocation. | ||||
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| — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
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