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Walthamstow 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL

FOR THE YEAR 1944.

WHOLE DISTRICT

Causes of deathMalesFemalesTotal.
1.Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fevers
2.Cerebro-spinal Fever11
3.Scarlet Fever
4.Whooping Cough123
5.Diphtheria
6.T.B. ofrespiratpry system441660
7.Other forms of Tuberculosis8614
8.Syphilitic disease8311
9.Influenza7310
10.Measles112
11.Acute poliomyelitis & polioencephalitis
12.Acute infectious encephalitis22
13MCancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus (Males only3 88
13FCancer of uterus77
14.Cancer of stomach and duodenum231538
15.Cancer of breast2626
16.Cancer of other sites7962141
17.Diabetes11314
18.Intra-cranial vascular lesions4779126
19.Heart disease134120254
20.Other diseases of the circulatory system141630
21.Bronchitis522678
22.Pneumonia452772
23.Other respiratory diseases6511
24..Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum16420
25.Diarrhoea (under 2 years)112
26.Appendicitis336
27.Other digestive diseases91423
28.Nephritis111526
29.Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis22
30.Other maternal causes88
31.Premature birth11415
32.Congenital malform., birth injury, infantile disease26733
33.Suicide437
34.Road Traffic Accidents44
35.Other violent causes5373126
36.All other causes8776163
Totals 19447066371343
Totals 19436926021294

The age distribution of Can c er deaths was as follows :-

Under 1 yr.1-2 yrs.2-5 yrs.5-15 yrs.15-25 yrs.25-45 yrs.45-65 yrs.65 yrs. and over.
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