London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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(iv) Causes of Death Registrar General's Tables
| 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| All Causes | 239 | 235 | 262 | 243 | 236 | 224 | 228 | 267 | 227 | 228 |
| Paratyphoid and Typhoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fevers | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 9 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Syphilitic Diseases | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Influenza | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Acute Infantile En-cephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Cancer of B.Cav. & oesephagus (M) uterus (F) | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Cancer of Stomach or duodenum | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Cancer of Breast | - | 10 | - | 6 | - | 8 | - | 13 | 7 | |
| Cancer of all other sites | 23 | 19 | 30 | 23 | 34 | 19 | 32 | 19 | 34 | 16 |
| Diabetes | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Intra - Cran, vascular lesions | 18 | 35 | 14 | 36 | 24 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 25 |
| Heart disease | 64 | 60 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 71 | 84 | 60 | 75 |
| Other diseases of circulatory system | 15 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 11 |
| Bronchitis | 12 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 15 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea under 2 years | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Appendicitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Other digestive diseases | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Nephritis | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Causes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other maternal causes | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Premature birth | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Congenital malformation Birth injuries | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Suicide | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 |
| Road Traffic Accidents | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 |
| Other violent causes | 12 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| All other causes | 16 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 17 |