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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kingston upon Thames 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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9.
(iv) Causes of Death. Registrar General's Tables.
| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| All Causes | 224 | 226 | 334 | 325 | 253 | 272 | 260 | 231 | 226 | 274 |
| 1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 2 Cerebro-Spinal Fevers | ; 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| 3 Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 Whooping Cough | 1i | _ | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 Diphtheria | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory system | 9 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| 7 Other forms of Tuberculosis | — | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 8 Syphilitic Diseases | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 9 Influenza | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 Acute Infantile Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — |
| 13 Cancer of B.cav.& oesophagus (M) Uterus F. | — | — | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 Cancer of Stomach & Duodenum | — | — | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| 15 Cancer of Breast ) | — | — | 0 | 9 | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | 10 |
| 16 Cancer of all other sites | 38 | 26 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 31 | 25 | 28 |
| 17 Diabetes | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 18 Intra-cran, vascular lesions | 14 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 15 | 32 |
| 19 Heart Disease | 55 | 85 | 96 | 94 | 64 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 52 | 67 |
| 20 Other diseases of circulatory system | 21 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | — | — | 6 | 17 |
| 21 Bronchitis | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 20 |
| 22 Pneumonia | 9 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 10 |
| 23 Other Respiratory Diseases | I 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 24 Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 Diarrhoea under 2 yrs. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 Appendicitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 27 Other Digestive Diseases | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| 28 Nephritis | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 29 Puerperal Causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 Other maternal causes 31 premature birth | — | — | — | — | — | _ | - | 1 | — | — |
| 32 Congenital Malforma tion Birth Injuries | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 33 Suicide | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 34 Road Traffic Accidents | — | — | 7 | — | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 35 Other violent causes | 13 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 117 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
| 36 Other causes | 18 | 30 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 24 | 26 |
| Special cause( included in 36 above Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |