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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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(iv) Causes of Death. | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
All Causes | 243 | 225 |
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | — |
2. Measles | — | — |
3. Scarlet Fever | — | — |
4. Whooping Cough | — | — |
5. Diphtheria | 2 | 1 |
6. Influenza | 1 | 1 |
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — |
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | 1 |
9. Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 11 | 8 |
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | — |
11. Syphilis | 1 | 1 |
12. General Paralysis of the Insane, tabes dorsalis | 3 | _ |
13. Cancer, Malignant Disease | 47 | 45 |
14. Diabetes | 5 | 5 |
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 2 | 9 |
16. Heart Disease | 66 | 60 |
17. Aneurysm | — | — |
18. Other Circulatory Diseases | 17 | 17 |
19. Bronchitis | 1 | 2 |
20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 9 | 8 |
21. Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | 6 |
22. Peptic Ulcer | 3 | — |
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 4 | 2 |
24. Appendicitis | 3 | 2 |
25. Cirrhosis of Liver | — | 1 |
26. Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | — | 2 |
27. Other Digestive Diseases | 8 | 5 |
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 6 | 5 |
29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 1 |
30. Other Puerperal Causes | — | — |
31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 12 | 3 |
32. Senility | 3 | 10 |
33. Suicide | 4 | 5 |
34. Other Violence | 8 | 6 |
35. Other Defined Diseases | 21 | 19 |
36. Causes Ill-defined or Unknown | 1 | — |
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) :— | ||
Smallpox | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | — | — |
Polioencephalitis | — | — |