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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hendon 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: downward trend in the infantile mortality rate since the beginning of the century.TABLE I

downward trend in the infantile mortality rate since the beginning of the century.

TABLE I

Year,Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1000 live births.
1900133
191080
192047
193050
194054
194157
194234
194339
194432
194529

Table: The following Table shows the causes of death during the yeari-TABLE II

The following Table shows the causes of death during the yeari-

TABLE II

CAUSEMALEFEMALETOTAL
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers———
Cerebro-spinal fever112
Scarlet fever---
Whooping Cough---
Diphtheria-11
Tuberculosis of respiratory system362157
Other forms of tuberculosis617
Syphilitic diseases8210
Influenza336
Measles-11
Acute poliomyelitis & polioencephalitis---
Acute infectious encephalitis—--
Cancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus (M)uterus (F)101929
Cancer of stomach and duodenum171633
Cancer of breast12930
Cancer of all other sites8479163
Diabetes61218
Intra-cranial vascular lesions6391154
Heart disease173165338
Other diseases of circulatory system231841
Bronchitis352560
Pneumonia503383
Other respiratory diseases121224
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum15419
Diarrhoea, under 2 years325
Appendicitis448
Other digestive diseases181735
Nephritis191534
Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis---
Other maternal causes-33
Premature birth9615
Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease19726
Suicide11718
Road traffic accidents11213
Other violent causes141933
All other causes6251113
TOTAL - all causes7136661379