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Hayes and Harlington 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1947

Cause of deathMaleFemale
All causes228221
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
2. Ceretaro-spinal Fever1
3. Scarlet Fever
4. Whooping Cough
5. Diphtheria
6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System1514
7. Other forms of Tuberculosis
8. Syphilitic diseases
8. Influenza21
10. Measles
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis1
12.—Acute infantile Encephalitis--
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) and uterus (F)46
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum76
15. Cancer of breast12
16. Cancer of all other sites3125
17. Diabetes3
18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions2019
19. Heart disease3939
20. Other diseases of circulatory system912
21. Bronchitis1310
22. Pneumonia (all forms)2215
23. Other respiratory diseases52
24. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum52
25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)33
26. Appendicitis12
27. Other-digestive diseases66
28. Nephritis63
29. Puerperal and Postabortive sepsis-
30. Other maternal causes-2
31. Premature Birth34
32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injuries, Infantile Diseases811
33. Suicide-1
34. Road traffic accidents33
35. other violent causes113
36. All other causes1515
Deaths of infantsLegitimate2522
Illegitimate11
Total2623
Live BirthsLegitimate669690
Illegitimate3431
Total703721
StillbirthsLegitimate812
Illegitimate1
Total912I
Population (mid-year): 66.670