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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
Twickenham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT ALL AGES.
Year 1934. Registrar General's figures.
| Causes of Death. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | 224 | 267 | 491 | |
| 1. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | Measles | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6. | Influenza | — | 3 | 3 |
| 7. | Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — |
| 9. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 10. | Other tubercular diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11. | Syphilis | — | — | — |
| 12. | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13. | Cancer, malignant disease | 28 | 49 | 77 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 15. | Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 16. | Heart disease | 53 | 69 | 122 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 1 | — | 1 |
| 18. | Other circulatory diseases | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 20 | 6 | 26 |
| 21. | Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Peptic ulcer | 5 | — | 5 | |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 3 | — | 3 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26. | Other diseases 01 the liver, etc. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 28. | Acute and chronic nephritis | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 29. | Puerperal sepsis | — | 2 | 2 |
| 30. | Other puerperal causes | — | — | — |
| 31. | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| 32. | Senility | — | 7 | 7 |
| 33. | Suicide | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 34. | Other violence | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 35. | Other defined diseases | 21 | 23 | 44 |
| 36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — | - |
Compared with the preceding year there was a marked decline in deaths from Influenza
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system and Bronchitis, while there was an increase in the number
of deaths from Measles, Cancer and Diarrhoea in young children. The deaths from violence
excluding suticide, numbered 2S, an increase of 8 over that for the year 1933 and an increase of 18
over the figure for the year 1932.
Of the total deaths of Twickenham residents, 136 occurred in the Middlesex Count}
Council Institutions principally at West Middlesex Hospital, 75 in hospitals in Twickenham
Richmond, London and elsewhere and 3 in Sanatoria. It appears, therefore, that more than
43 per cent. of the deaths of Twickenham residents occurred in hospitals, excluding menta.
hospitals. The number of deaths occurring in Nursing Homes cannot be given accurately and
is excluded from this figure.
Deaths from Infectious Diseases.
| Disease | 1933 | 1934 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate per 1000 of population. | Number | Rate per 1000 of population. | |
| Measles | — | — | 8 | 0.18 |
| Whooping cough | 3 | 0.07 | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.06 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.06 |
| Enteric fever | — | — | 1 | 0.02 |
| Influenza | 20 | 0.48 | 3 | 0.06 |
| Tuberculosis (pul.) | 34 | 0.81 | 16 | 0.36 |
Puerperal Deaths.
Two women died from sepsis in consequence of childbirth during the year. Of these
births one occurred in an institution outside the area and one in the Borough, the patient being
removed to hospital for treatment.
The causes of maternal deaths during the past five years have been as follows :—
| 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Sepsis | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| From other causes | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
The maternal death rate for the year was 3.0 per 1,000 births.