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 Heston and Isleworth]
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Table of Causes of Deaths during 1932.
Causes of Death. | Civil Residents. all ages. | |
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Male. | Female. | |
All causes | 383 | 405 |
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | — |
2 Measles | 5 | 9 |
3 Scarlet Fever | — | — |
4 Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 |
5 Diphtheria | 1 | 2 |
6 Influenza | 8 | 10 |
7 Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — |
8 Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — |
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 21 | 30 |
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases | 3 | 4 |
11 Syphilis | — | — |
12 General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 3 | — |
13 Cancer, Malignant Disease | 56 | 52 |
14 Diabetes | 3 | 6 |
15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | 9 | 19 |
16 Heart Disease | 67 | 75 |
17 Aneurysm | 1 | — |
18 Other Circulatory Diseases | 31 | 16 |
19 Bronchitis | 8 | 13 |
20 Pneumonia (all forms) | 31 | 27 |
21 Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | 3 |
22 Peptic Ulcer | 7 | 3 |
23 Diarrhoea, &c. (under 2 years) | 5 | 4 |
24 Appendicitis | 2 | 1 |
25 Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 4 |
26 Other Diseases of Liver, &c. | 1 | 1 |
27 Other Digestive Diseases | 9 | 7 |
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 11 | 10 |
29 Puerperal Sepsis | — | 3 |
30 Other Puerperal Causes | — | 1 |
31 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 23 | 23 |
32 Senility | 5 | 15 |
33 Suicide | 10 | 5 |
34 Other Violence | 28 | 13 |
35 Other Defined Diseases | 26 | 48 |
36 Causes Ill-defined or Unknown | — | — |
Special causes (included in No. 35 above) | ||
Small-pox | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | — | — |
Polioencephalitis | — | 1 |
According to figures furnished by the Registrar-General.
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