London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Romford 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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TABLE 2.

Causes of DeathAll agesDeaths at the subjoined ages of Residents, after correction for Inward and Outward Transfers.
M.F.TotalUnder 112-45-1415-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475 & upwards
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers..........................................
2. Cerebro-spinal lever..........................................
3. Scarlet Fever..........................................
4. Whooping Cough..........................................
5. Diphtheria...22......1...............l......
6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System131427............497329...
7. Other forms of Tuberculosis516...1...11...11...1...
8. Syphilitic disease913........................3......
9. Influenza448............1...1......24
10. Measles..........................................
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis...11......1........................
12. Acute infectious Encephalitis1...1...........................1...
13. Cancer of Buccal Cavity, etc.1...1.....................1.........
14. Cancer of Uterus...66..................114......
15. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum14822..................23854
16. Cancer of Breast...1212..................12252
17. Cancer of all other sites313263..................41616189
18. Diabetes123........................12...
19. Inter-cranial Vascular Lesions264672..................37122129
20. Heart Diseases9571166............22512214975
21. Other Diseases of the Circulatory System325........................113
22. Bronchitis1012211..................14511
23. Pneumonia202545141............225714
24. Other Respiratory Diseases75121...............11243
25. Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum314..................1...21...
26. Diarrhoea4266..............................
27. Appendicitis213.........1......1...1......
28. Other digestive diseases5111621...1...23...223
29. Nephritis5712..................23412
30. Puerperal Sepsis..........................................
31. Other Maternal causes...11...............1...............
32. Premature Birth4377..............................
33. Congenital Malformations and Birth injuries861413.....................1......
34. Suicide235...............2111......
35. Road Traffic Accidents415......21.........2.........
36. Other violent causes167232...132143241
37. All other causes2130511......1515441020
Total307317624473581518456399141180