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Ealing 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Causes of Death, 1947.

Cause of Death.	Deaths, 1947			Total Deaths 1946
Cause of Death.	Male	Female	Total	Total Deaths 1946
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers	_	_	-	_
Cerebro-Spinal Fever	2	4	6	2
Scarlet Fever	—	1	1	2
Whooping Cough	1	2	3	2
Diphtheria	—
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System	24	35	59	78
Other Forms of Tuberculosis	6	5	11	15
Syphilitic Diseases	8	1	9	8
Influenza	4	7	11	17
Measles	_	1	1	1
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis	3	4	7
Acute Infectious Encephalitis	2	—	2	2
Cancer of B. Cav. and Oesoph. (M.); Uterus (F.)	8	22	30	29
Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum	28	21	49	50
Cancer of Breast	—	53	53	34
Cancer of all other Sites	127	77	204	213
Diabetes	4	3	7	14
Intra-Cran, Vase. Lesions	81	124	205	202
Heart Disease	224	302	526	490
Other Diseases of Circulatory System	46	52	98	82
Bronchitis	48	53	101	97
Pneumonia	68	50	118	75
Other Respiratory Diseases	20	7	27	28
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum	12	8	20	19
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)	7	4	11	4
Appendicitis	3	2	5	10
Other Digestive Diseases	12	23	35	36
Nephritis	18	14	32	31
Puerperal Post-Abortive Sepsis	—	—	—	1
Other Maternal Causes	—	3	3	2
Premature Birth	19	15	34	25
Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases	34	24	58	38
Suicide	11	9	20	11
Road Traffic Accidents	13	3	16	20
Other Violent Causes	30	22	52	44
All other Causes	54	64	118	117
Total	917	1,015	1,932	1,799