London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Southall 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Causes of Deaths,1950

Table II

MaleFemaleTotal 1950Total 1949
1.Typhoid fever, etc.----
2.Cerebro-spinal fever-
3.Scarlet fever--
4.Whooping cough112
5.Diphtheria11
6.Tuberculosis—Respiratory951423
7.Other tuberculosis111
8.Syphilitic diseases3142
9.Influenza222
10.Measles-_
11.Ac. poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis2
12.Ac. inf. encephalitis
13/16Cancer (all forms)523890100
17.Diabetes224
18.Intra-cran. vase, lesions17365349
19.Heart disease8062142121
20.Other circulatory diseases1091923
21.Bronchitis25154037
22.Pneumonia (all forms)9132233
23.Other respiratory diseases1126
24.Ulcer of stomach or duodenum3144
25.Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)--4
26.Appendicitis4
27.Other digestive diseases16
28.Nephritis3478
29.Puerperal sepsis-
30.Other maternal causes111
31.Premature birth333
32.Congenital malformations, Birth injuries, Infant diseases54924
33.Suicide1231
34.Road traffic accidents415-
35.Other violence841215
36.All other causes22214343
Total Deaths258222480531

Deaths in Wards

Table III

WardMaleFemaleTotal
Waxlow Manor232649
Northcote353267
Hambrough6051111
Dormers Wells503282
Glebe454388
Norwood Green453883
Total258222480