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 1949.
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 | — | — | — |
6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 20 | 14 | 6 |
7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | — |
8 | Syphilitic diseases | 1 | 1 | — |
9 | Influenza | 3 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Measles | — | — | — |
11 | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | — | — | — |
12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | — | — | — |
13 | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesoph. (m) ; uterus (f) | 10 | 2 | 8 |
14 | ,, stomach and duodenum | 14 | 8 | 6 |
15 | „ breast | 5 | — | 5 |
16 | „ all other sites | 64 | 35 | 29 |
17 | Diabetes | 2 | — | 2 |
18 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 57 | 22 | 35 |
19 | Heart Disease | 154 | 74 | 80 |
20 | Other diseases of circulatory system | 25 | 11 | 14. |
21 | Bronchitis | 20 | 13 | 7 |
22 | Pneumonia | 13 | 5 | 8 |
23 | Other respiratory diseases | 4 | 4 | — |
24 | Ulceration of stomach or duodenum | 8 | 6 | 2 |
25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | — | — | — |
26 | Appendicitis | 1 | — | 1 |
27 | Other digestive diseases | 5 | 3 | 2 |
28 | Nephritis | 5 | 2 | 3 |
29 | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | — | — | — |
30 | Other maternal causes | — | — | — |
A | Premature birth | 2 | 1 | 1 |
32 | Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 9 | 3 | 6 |
33 | Suicide | 5 | 2 | 3 |
34 | Road traffic accidents | — | — | — |
35 | Other violent causes | 6 | 4 | 2 |
36 | All other causes | 37 | 20 | 17 |
All Causes | 471 | 232 | 239 |