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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

Barnes 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 4.—Causes of Death during the Year 1942.

Table 4.—Causes of Death during the Year 1942.

Causes of Death (Registrar-General's short list of causes).Total DeathsMaleFemale
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers———
2 Cerebro-spinal fever321
3 Scarlet Fever———
4 Whooping Cough11—
5 Diphtheria———
6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system241410
7 Other forms of tuberculosis312
8 Syphilitic diseases624
9 Influenza514
10 Measles———
11 Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis———
12 Acute infectious encephalitis———
13 Cancer of buccal cavity and oesoph. (m); uterus (f)615
14 „ stomach and duodenum15105
15 „ breast7—7
16 „ all other sites462224
17 Diabetes725
18 Intra-cranial vascular lesions391326
19 Heart Disease1196851
20 Other diseases of circulatory system1789
21 Bronchitis221111
22 Pneumonia251312
23 Other respiratory diseases752
24 Ulceration of stomach or duodenum44—
25 Diarrhoea under 2 years11—
26 Appendicitis422
27 Other digestive diseases1037
28 Nephritis1376
29 Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis———
30 Other maternal causes———
31 Premature birth835
32 Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases624
33 Suicide44—
34 Road traffic accidents642
35 Other violent causes1165
36 All other causes552926
All Causes474239235