London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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| Causes of Death (Registrar-General's short list of causes). | Total Deaths | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | — | — | — |
| 2 Cerebro-spinal fever | — | ||
| 3 Scarlet Fever | — | — | — |
| 4 Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
| 5 Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| 16 | |||
| 7 Other forms of tuberculosis | — | ||
| 1 | |||
| 9 Influenza | — | ||
| 10 Measles | — | — | — |
| 11 Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | — | ||
| 12 Acute infectious encephalitis | — | — | — |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| 14 „ stomach and duodenum | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 „ breast | 16 | — | 16 |
| 16 „ all other sites | 24 | 29 | |
| 17 Diabetes | 2 | ||
| 18 Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 60 | 26 | 34 |
| 19 Heart Disease | 173 | 90 | |
| 20 Other diseases of circulatory system | 19 | 7 | 12 |
| 21 Bronchitis | 21 | 13 | 8 |
| 22 Pneumonia | 16 | 9 | 7 |
| 23 Other respiratory diseases | 2 | ||
| 24 Ulceration of stomach or duodenum | 7 | 6 | |
| 25 Diarrhoea under 2 years | 2 | ||
| 26 Appendicitis | — | ||
| 27 Other digestive diseases | 12 | 7 | |
| 28 Nephritis | |||
| 29 Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | — | — | — |
| 30 Other maternal causes | 1 | — | |
| 31 Premature birth | 6 | 4 | |
| 32 Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile | |||
| diseases | 9 | 6 | |
| 33 Suicide | 8 | 7 | |
| 34 Road traffic accidents | |||
| 35 Other violent causes | 10 | ||
| 36 All other causes | 16 | 20 | |
| All Causes | 512 | 252 | 260 |