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Barnes 1945

[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 DeathsMaleFemale
1Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers---
2Cerebro-spinal fever1-1
3Scarlet Fever---
4Whooping Cough---
5Diphtheria11-
6Tuberculosis of respiratory system15114
7Other forms of tuberculosis431
8Syphilitic diseases22-
9Influenza3-3
10Measles---
11Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis---
12Acute infectious encephalitis1-1
13Cancer of buccal cavity and oesoph. (m); uterus (f)624
14„ stomach and duodenum1394
15„ breast10-10
16„ all other sites582929
17Diabetes4-4
18Intra-cranial vascular lesions642935
19Heart Disease1005149
20Other diseases of circulatory system271215
21Bronchitis1899
22Pneumonia241014
23Other respiratory diseases862
24Ulceration of stomach or duodenum33-
25Diarrhoea under 2 years22-
26Appendicitis1-1
27Other digestive diseases13310
28Nephritis844
29Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis1-1
30Other maternal causes1-1
31Premature birth2-2
32Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases1358
33Suicide44-
34Road traffic accidents615
35Other violent causes853
36All other causes491633
All Causes470217253