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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

Southall 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Table: Causes of Deaths, 1939.Table No. 3.

Causes of Deaths, 1939.

Table No. 3.

MaleFemale.Total I939.Total 1938.
1.Typhoid fever, etc.—---
2.Measles-——1
3.Scarlet fever----
4.Whooping cough1-12
5.Diphtheria-118
6.Influenza4—43
7.Encephalitis lethargica-11-
8.Cerebro-spinal fever-111
9.Tuberculosis—respiratory19113028
10.Other tuberculosis3585
11.Syphilis-11-
12.General paralysis of the insane, etc.-———
13.Cancer33417457
14.Diabetes15610
15.Cerebral haemorrhage481215
16.Heart disease6645111103
17.Aneurysm1122
18.Other circulatory diseases14264035
19.Bronchitis741110
20.Pneumonia (all forms)12102224
21.Other respiratory diseases2246
22.Peptic ulcer3-35
23.Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)1348
24.Appendicitis3256
25.Cirrhosis of liver1-12
26.Other liver diseases2-23
27.Other digestive diseases3369
28.Nephritis3146
29.Puerperal sepsis-112
30.Other puerperal causes-22—
31.Congenital causes, etc.13183135
32.Senility571210
33.Suicide1-14
34.Other violence1652118
35.Other defined causes18133135
36.Ill-defined causes----
37.Diarrhoea-22-
Special Causes (included in No. 35):—
M.F.
Smallpox------
Poliomyelitis-----1
Polioencephalitis------
Total Deaths236219455453