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Southall 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Causes of Deaths, 1941.

Table No. 2.

Male.Female.Total 1941.Total 1940.
1. Typhoid fever, etc.----
2. Cerebro-spinal fever-113
3. Scarlet fever----
4. Whooping cough----
5. Diphtheria3143
6. Tuberculosis—Respiratory21133428
7. Other tuberculosis-442
8. Syphilis3-33
9. Influenza2246
10. Measles112-
11. Ac. poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis1-1-
12. Ac. inf. encephalitis-111
13/16. Cancer (all forms)34377164
17. Diabetes2136
18. Intra-cran. vase. lesions16213746
19. Heart disease465399106
20. Other circulatory diseases6162220
21. Bronchitis22204247
22. Pneumonia (all forms)22234532
23. Other respiratory diseases33610
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum4-411
25. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)1372014
26. Appendicitis---5
27. Other digestive diseases33611
28. Nephritis651114
29. Puerperal sepsis---—
30. Other maternal causes-114
31. Premature birth42610
32. Congenital malformations, etc.661213
33. Suicide-222
34. Road traffic accidents5-53
35. Other violence1241625
36. All other causes31164746
Total Deaths266243509535