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Ealing 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Table IV indicates the causes of the 1,296 deaths which have
been assigned to the Borough. The three causes accounting for
the greatest number of deaths are again shown to be, first, heart
disease with 266 deaths, giving a death-rate of 2.07 per thousand
of population; second, cancer with 192 deaths, giving a deathrate
of 1.49 ; and third, bronchitis and pneumonia with 128 deaths,
giving a death-rate of 0.99. The next highest number of deaths
was due to influenza from which there were 71 deaths, compared
with 40 in the previous year.
Of the infectious diseases, scarlet fever, whooping cough and
diphtheria were each the cause of seven deaths, giving a deathrate
of 0.05 for each disease. As previously mentioned, there
were 71 deaths due to influenza, giving a death-rate of 0.55, while
79 deaths were due to tuberculosis, giving a death-rate of 0.62.
TABLE IV.
Causes of Death, 1933.
| Cause of Death | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | — | 7 | 7 |
| Influenza | 28 | 43 | 71 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 28 | 35 | 63 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Syphilis | 2 | — | 2 |
| General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 3 | — | 3 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 85 | 107 | 192 |
| Diabetes | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 28 | 41 | 69 |
| Heart Disease | 120 | 146 | 266 |
| Aneurysm | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| Bronchitis | 32 | 21 | 53 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 43 | 32 | 75 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. (Under two years) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Appendicitis | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 20 | 25 | 45 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | — | 1 | 1 |
| Other Puerperal Causes | — | 4 | 4 |
| Congenital Debility, Premature Birth Malformations, etc. | 33 | 24 | 57 |
| Senility | 11 | 24 | 35 |
| Suicide | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Other Violence | 29 | 9 | 38 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 49 | 63 | 112 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — | — |
| Total | 622 | 674 | 1,296 |