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Ealing 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The total deaths from the various causes are indicated in
Table IV. It will be seen that heart disease was responsible for
the greatest number of deaths, namely, 300, giving a death-rate of
2.44 per thousand of population; the next, cancer with 191 deaths,
giving a death-rate of 1.56; and then bronchitis and pneumonia
with 125 deaths, giving a death-rate of 1.02.
Of the infectious diseases, scarlet fever caused one death,
giving a death-rate of 0.01 per thousand of population ; diphtheria
caused two deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.02 ; measles 5 deaths,
giving a death-rate of 0.04; whooping cough 3 deaths, giving a
death-rate of 0.02; influenza 40 deaths, giving a death-rate of
0.33 ; and tuberculosis 79 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.64.
table iv.
Causes of Death, 1932.
| Cause of Death | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | — | 2 |
| Influenza | 16 | 24 | 40 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 34 | 32 | 66 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Syphilis | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 80 | 111 | 191 |
| Diabetes | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 36 | 45 | 81 |
| Heart Disease | 130 | 170 | 300 |
| Aneurysm | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 38 | 25 | 63 |
| Bronchitis | 21 | 32 | 53 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Other Respirator Diseases | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. (Under two years) | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Appendicitis | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 29 | 25 | 54 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | — | 3 | 3 |
| Other Puerperal Causes | — | 4 | 4 |
| Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 22 | 25 | 47 |
| Senility | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| Suicide | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| other Violence | 29 | 20 | 49 |
| other Defined Diseases | 49 | 61 | 110 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — | — |
| Total | 623 | 703 | 1.326 |