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 Penge]
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Causes of Death. | Males | Females | |
---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 162 | 156 | |
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 1 | ... | |
2 Measles | 1 | ... | |
3 Scarlet fever | ... | ... | |
4 Whooping cough | ... | ... | |
5 Diphtheria | 1 | 3 | |
6 Influenza | ... | 1 | |
7 Encephalitis lethargica | ... | 1 | |
8 Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | ... | |
9 Respiratory tuberculosis | 5 | 7 | |
10 Other tuberculosis | 4 | 1 | |
11 Syphilis | 2 | ... | |
12 General paralysis of the insane, etc | 2 | ||
13 Cancer | 22 | 28 | |
14 Diabetes | 2 | 1 | |
15 Cerebral haemorrhage | 5 | 7 | |
16 Heart disease | 39 | 44 | |
17 Aneurysm | ... | 2 | |
18 Other circulatory diseases | 8 | 8 | |
19 Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | |
20 Pneumonia (all forms) | 12 | 11 | |
21 Other respiratory diseases | 3 | 3 | |
22 Peptic ulcer | 1 | ... | |
23 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 2 | 2 | |
24 Appendicitis | 2 | 3 | |
25 Cirrhosis of liver | ... | ... | |
26 Other liver diseases | 1 | ... | |
27 Other digestive diseases | 6 | 3 | |
28 Nephritis | 5 | 2 | |
29 Puerperal sepsis | ... | ... | |
30 Other puerperal causes | ... | ... | |
31 Congenital causes, etc | 11 | 2 | |
32 Senility | 2 | 5 | |
33 Suicide | 1 | 1 | |
34 Other violence | 6 | 3 | |
35 Other defined diseases | 16 | 16 | |
36 Ill-defined or not known | 1 | ... | |
37 Diarrhoea (2 years and over) | ... | ... | |
Special causes (included in No. 35 above) | |||
Small-pox | ... | ... | |
Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | |
Polioencephalitis | ... | ... | |
Deaths of Infants under 1 year | Total | 19 | 9 |
Legitimate | 19 | 9 | |
Illegitimate | ... | ... | |
Live Births | Total | 228 | 187 |
Legitimate | 212 | 177 | |
Illegitimate | 16 | 10 | |
Still Births | Total | 12 | 6 |
Legitimate | 10 | 5 | |
Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | |
Population (estimated middle of 1938 R.G.) | ... | 25,520 |