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Ealing 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Births.—-The number of births recorded was 2,396, compared
with 2,320 in the previous year. The birth-rate, however, continues
the same, being 14.9 per thousand of population, compared, with
the birth-rate of England, and Wales of 15.1 per thousand of
population.
A table showing the birth-rates in recent years is to be found
on page 10.

Causes of Death, 1938.

Cause of DeathDeaths, 1938Total Deaths 1937
MaleFemaleTotal
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers1-1
Measles3141
Scarlet Fever11I
Whooping Cough1343
Diphtheria2462
Influenza1192063
Encephalitis Lethargica111
Cerebro-Spinal Fever224
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System524810076
Other Tuberculous Diseases2812
Syphilis3141
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis3_34
Cancer, Malignant Disease106129235218
Diabetes3131628
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.34427672
Heart Disease183218401374
Aneurysm2578
Other Circulatory Diseases39407962
Bronchitis24164063
Pneumonia (all forms)40347477
Other Respiratory Diseases851315
Peptic Ulcer1041420
Diarrhoea, etc. (Under two years)1131411
Appendicitis641010
Cirrhosis of Liver3142
Other Diseases of Liver, etc.3586
Other Digestive Diseases15173228
Acute and Chronic Nephritis16294543
Puerperal Sepsis111
Other Puerperal Causes445
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.32245662
Senility11273833
Suicide36920
Other Violence37124955
Other Defined Diseases5659115124
Causes ill-defined or unknown
Total7287711,4991,502