Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1939.
Causes of Death. | Males. | Females. |
---|---|---|
All Causes | 210 | 166 |
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | – | – |
– | ||
3. Scarlet Fever | – | 1 |
4. Whooping Cough | – | 2 |
5. Diphtheria | 1 | 2 |
6. Influenza | 4 | 2 |
7. Encephalitis lethargica | — | – |
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | – |
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 8 | 10 |
10. Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | 3 |
11. Syphilis | 1 | |
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | ||
13. Cancer, malignant disease | 22 | 27 |
14. Diabetes | 2 | 2 |
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 4 | 4 |
16. Heart disease | 52 | 36 |
17. Aneurysm | 4 | 2 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 6 | 12 |
19. Bronchitis | 5 | - |
20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 22 | 14 |
21. Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 1 |
22. Peptic ulcer | 3 | 1 |
23. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 8 | 3 |
24. Appendicitis | 3 | 5 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | - |
26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 2 | |
27. Other digestive diseases | 1 | 2 |
28. Acute and chronic nephritis | 7 | 2 |
29. Puerperal sepsis | - | 1 |
30. Other puerperal causes | — | 1 |
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 17 | 17 |
32. Senility | 1 | 1 |
33. Suicide | 1 | |
34. Other violence | 17 | 5 |
35. Other defined diseases | 15 | 9 |
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | |
Diarrhoea (2 years and over) | - | 1 |
Deaths of Infants | 38 | 29 |
under 1 year (Legitimate | 35 | 26 |
(illegitimate | 3 | 3 |
(Total | 602 | 581 |
Live Births (Legitimate | 578 | 559 |
(Illegitimate | 24 | 22 |
(Total | 14 | 19 |
Stillbirths (Legitimate | 13 | 19 |
(illegitimate | 1 |
Population (Mid-Year) 51,370
(Figures furnished by the Registrar-General).
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