[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes] page 5

Hayes and Harlington 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1947

Cause of death		Male	Female
All causes		228	221
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers		—	—
2. Ceretaro-spinal Fever		—	1
3. Scarlet Fever		—	—
4. Whooping Cough			—
5. Diphtheria			—
6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System		15	14
7. Other forms of Tuberculosis		—	—
8. Syphilitic diseases		—	—
8. Influenza		2	1
10. Measles		—	—
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis		—	1
12.—Acute infantile Encephalitis		-	-
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) and uterus (F)		4	6
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum		7	6
15. Cancer of breast		—	12
16. Cancer of all other sites		31	25
17. Diabetes		—	3
18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions		20	19
19. Heart disease		39	39
20. Other diseases of circulatory system		9	12
21. Bronchitis		13	10
22. Pneumonia (all forms)		22	15
23. Other respiratory diseases		5	2
24. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum		5	2
25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)		3	3
26. Appendicitis		1	2
27. Other-digestive diseases		6	6
28. Nephritis		6	3
29. Puerperal and Postabortive sepsis		—	-
30. Other maternal causes		-	2
31. Premature Birth		3	4
32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injuries, Infantile Diseases		8	11
33. Suicide		-	1
34. Road traffic accidents		3	3
35. other violent causes		11	3
36. All other causes		15	15
Deaths of infants	Legitimate	25	22
	Illegitimate	1	1
	Total	26	23
Live Births	Legitimate	669	690
	Illegitimate	34	31
	Total	703	721
Stillbirths	Legitimate	8	12
	Illegitimate	1	—
	Total	⁹	12I
Population (mid-year): 66.670