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 Orpington]
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DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1938.
Cause of Death | Males | Females | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Typhoid and paratyphoid | — | — | — |
Measles | — | — | — |
Scarlet fever | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Influenza | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 13 | 8 | 21 |
Other Tuberculosis diseases | 3 | — | 3 |
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
General paralysis of the insane (Tabes Dorsalis) | — | — | — |
Cancer | 27 | 30 | 57 |
Diabetes | — | 6 | 6 |
Cerebral haemorrhage | 4 | 8 | 12 |
Heart disease | 63 | 55 | 118 |
Aneurism | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Other circulatory diseases | 15 | 8 | 23 |
Bronchitis | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 14 | 3 | 17 |
Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Peptic ulcer | 3 | — | 3 |
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Appendicitis | — | — | — |
Cirrhosis of liver | — | 1 | 1 |
Other diseases of liver | — | — | — |
Other digestive diseases | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Acute and chronic Nephritis | 6 | — | 6 |
Puerperal sepsis | — | — | — |
Other Puerperal causes | — | 3 | 3 |
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Senility | 4 | 9 | 13 |
Suicide | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Other violence | 13 | 5 | 18 |
Other defined diseases | 21 | 11 | 32 |
Other ill-defined diseases | 1 | — | 1 |
Total | 216 | 172 | 388 |