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 Walthamstow]
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CAUSES CP DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1940.
WHOLE DISTRICT.
Causes of Death. | Males | Females | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1. Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | - | 1 |
2. Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 5 | |
3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
4. Whooping Cough | - | - | - |
3. Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6. T.B. of respiratory system | 34 | 24 | 53 |
7. Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 7 | 7 | 14 |
8. Syphilitic disease | 5 | 2 | 7 |
9. Influenza | 9 | 3 | 17 |
10. Measles | - | - | - |
11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | - | 1 |
12. Acute infectious encephalitis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
13M. Cancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus (Males only) | 9 | 9 | |
13F. Cancer of Uterus | - | 17 | 17 |
14. Cancer of stomach and and duodenum | 25 | 20 | 45 |
15 . Cancer of breast | - | 17 | 17 |
15. Cancer of all other sites | 66 | 45 | 112 |
17. Diabetes | 5 | 14 | 19 |
18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 58 | 80 | 158 |
19. Heart disease | 187 | 393 | |
20. Other diseases of the circulatory system | 15 | 29 | 44 |
21. Bronchitis | 99 | 63 | 167 |
22. Pneumonia | 35 | 37 | 72 |
23. Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 11 | 20 |
18 | 5 | 23 | |
25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 4 | 4 | 8 |
25. Appendicitis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 13 | 25 | 43 |
28. Nephritis | 11 | 13 | 29 |
29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | ||
30. Other maternal causes | - | 1 | 1 |
31. Premature birth | 9 | 7 | 16 |
32. Congenital malform. birth injury,infantile disease | 3 | 16 | 19 |
33. Suicide | 11 | 6 | 17 |
34. Road traffic accidents | 9 | 5 | 14 |
35. Other violent causes | 56 | 68 | 134 |
36. All other causes | 78 | 70 | 148 |
Totals. | 790 | 817 | 1607 |
Totals for 1939 | 673 | 634 | 1312 |
The age distribution of Cancer Deaths was as follows:-
Under 1 yr. | 1-2 yrs. | 2-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-55 yrs. | 65 yrs. and over. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | - | - | - | - | 98. |
3. CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
FC CT CLINIC.- Total attendances were 11859, and of these 997
were '03? new patients and 10862 were re-attendances by old patients.
The receipts were 5422.10.6.
Two part-time chiropodists were employed when necessary in
addition tr the two full-time chiropodists, and fr r certain perils
all four were fully employed.
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