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Ealing 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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In Table IV are indicated the total deaths from the various
diseases. Cancer, it will be seen, was responsible for 150 deaths,
giving a cancer death-rate of 1.44; heart disease caused 242 deaths,
giving a death-rate of 2.32; and bronchitis and pneumonia
accounted for 179 deaths, or a death-rate of 1.72.
Of the infectious diseases, scarlet fever caused 3 deaths, giving
a death-rate of 0.03 per thousand of population; whooping cough
caused 17 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.16 per thousand of
population; diphtheria 8 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.08;
influenza 92 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.88, and tuberculosis 100
deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.96 per thousand of population.

Table: table iv. Causes of Death, 1929.

table iv. Causes of Death, 1929.

Cause of Death.Male* FemaleTotal
Enteric Fever---
Smallpox---
Measles---
Scarlet Fever213
Whooping Cough71017
Diphtheria538
Influenza345892
Encephalitis Lethargica-22
Meningococcal Meningitis112
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System464187
Other Tuberculous Diseases7613
Cancer, Malignant Disease6387150
Rheumatic Fever5-5
Diabetes4913
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.213152
Heart Disease108134242
Arterio-Sclerosis281644
Bronchitis405393
Pneumonia (all forms)414586
Other Respiratory Diseases101222
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum10616
Diarrhoea, etc. (Under 2 years)426
Appendicitis and Typhlitis246
Cirrhosis of Liver123
Acute and Chronic Nephritis171431
Puerperal Sepsis---
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition-33
Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth261137
Suicide121022
Other Deaths from Violence261339
Other Defined Diseases93109202
Causes ill-defined or unknown-•—-
Total6136831296