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 Barnes]
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Table 4.—Causes of Death during the Year 1945.
Causes of Death (Registrar-General's short list of causes). | Total Deaths | Male | Female | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - |
2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | 1 |
3 | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
4 | Whooping Cough | - | - | - |
5 | Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | - |
6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 15 | 11 | 4 |
7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 4 | 3 | 1 |
8 | Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 2 | - |
9 | Influenza | 3 | - | 3 |
10 | Measles | - | - | - |
11 | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - |
12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | 1 | - | 1 |
13 | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesoph. (m); uterus (f) | 6 | 2 | 4 |
14 | „ stomach and duodenum | 13 | 9 | 4 |
15 | „ breast | 10 | - | 10 |
16 | „ all other sites | 58 | 29 | 29 |
17 | Diabetes | 4 | - | 4 |
18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 64 | 29 | 35 |
19 | Heart Disease | 100 | 51 | 49 |
20 | Other diseases of circulatory system | 27 | 12 | 15 |
21 | Bronchitis | 18 | 9 | 9 |
22 | Pneumonia | 24 | 10 | 14 |
23 | Other respiratory diseases | 8 | 6 | 2 |
24 | Ulceration of stomach or duodenum | 3 | 3 | - |
25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 2 | 2 | - |
26 | Appendicitis | 1 | - | 1 |
27 | Other digestive diseases | 13 | 3 | 10 |
28 | Nephritis | 8 | 4 | 4 |
29 | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | 1 | - | 1 |
30 | Other maternal causes | 1 | - | 1 |
31 | Premature birth | 2 | - | 2 |
32 | Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 13 | 5 | 8 |
33 | Suicide | 4 | 4 | - |
34 | Road traffic accidents | 6 | 1 | 5 |
35 | Other violent causes | 8 | 5 | 3 |
36 | All other causes | 49 | 16 | 33 |
All Causes | 470 | 217 | 253 |