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 Bromley]
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TABLE III. Causes of Death, 1938.
Male. | Female. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
1. Typhoid Fever, etc. | — | — | - |
2. Measles | 1 | — | 1 |
3. Scarlet Fever | — | — | — |
4. Whooping Cough | - | — | - |
5. Diphtheria | — | — | — |
6. Influenza | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | - |
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — |
9. Respiratory Tuberculosis | 14 | 4 | 18 |
10. Other Tuberculosis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
11. Spyhilis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12. General paralysis of insane, etc. | — | — | — |
13. Cancer | 39 | 59 | 98 |
14. Diabetes | 3 | 8 | 11 |
15. Cerebral hæmorrhage | 10 | 13 | 23 |
16. Heart disease | 70 | 88 | 158 |
17. Aneurysm | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 18 | 28 | 46 |
19. Bronchitis | 14 | 7 | 21 |
20. Pneumonia | 21 | 12 | 33 |
21. Other respiratory | 2 | 4 | 6 |
22. Peptic Ulcer | 4 | 2 | 6 |
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
23a. Diarrhoea (2 years and over) | — | 1 | 1 |
24. Appendicitis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 3 | 4 |
26. Other liver diseases | 2 | 2 | 4 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 6 | 5 | 11 |
28. Nephritis | 2 | 9 | 11 |
29. Puerperal sepsis | — | 1 | 1 |
30. Other puerperal causes | — | 2 | 2 |
31. Congenital causes, etc. | 21 | 5 | 26 |
32. Senility | 2 | 14 | 16 |
33. Suicide | 4 | 3 | 7 |
34. Other violence | 10 | 4 | |
35. Other defined causes | 25 | 22 | 47 |
36. Ill-defined causes | — | - | - |
Totals | 279 | 304 | 583 |