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 Twickenham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH, 1939. .Registrar General's Official Returns.
Causes of Death. | Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | 523 | 497 | 1020 | |
1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | — | - |
2. | Measles | 1 | — | 1 |
3. | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
4. | Whooping cough | 4 | 3 | 7 |
5. | Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6. | Influenza | 15 | 11 | 26 |
7. | Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — | 1 |
8. | Cerebro-spinal fever | - | - | - |
9. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 36 | 24 | 60 |
10. | Other tubercular diseases | 2 | 5 | 7 |
11. | Syphilis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
12. | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 6 | - | 6 |
13. | Cancer,malignant disease | 77 | 75 | 152 |
14. | Diabetes | 5 | 10 | 15 |
15. | Cerebral haemorrhage,etc. | 16 | 22 | 38 |
16. | Heart disease | 134 | 160 | 294 |
17. | Aneurysm | 2 | 1 | 3 |
18. | Other circulatory diseases | 28 | 34 | 62 |
19. | Bronchitis | 8 | 10 | 18 |
20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 19 | 14 | 33 |
21. | Other respiratory diseases | 6 | 2 | 8 |
22. | Peptic ulcer | 11 | 1 | 12 |
23. | Diarrhoea,etc. (under 2 years) | 2 | — | 2 |
24. | Appendicitis | 3 | 4 | 7 |
25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | - | 2 |
26. | Other diseases of the liver etc | 1 | 5 | 6 |
27. | Other digestive diseases | 13 | 7 | 20 |
28. | Acute and chronic nephritis | 11 | 6 | 17 |
29. | Puerperal sepsis | - | - | - |
30. | Other puerperal causes | - | 4 | 4 |
31. | Congenital debility,premature birth, Malformations,etc. | 12 | 12 | 24 |
32. | Senility | 10 | 17 | 27 |
33. | Suicide | 10 | 6 | 16 |
34. | Other violence | 34 | 21 | 55 |
35. | Other defined diseases | 51 | 34 | 85 |
36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | - | - |
37. | Diarrhoea,2 years and over | - | 6 | 6 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
The number of deaths from puerperal causes during
1939 were as follows:-
Puerperal sepsis Nil.
Other puerperal causes 4.
The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and
ill)births was 2.7,compared with 2.82 for England and Wales.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year of age during
39 numbered 37, producing an infantile mortality rate of 26.4
1,000 live births, as compared with 45.8 for the previous
The exceptionally low figure is particularly gratifying.
rate for England and Wales was 50.
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations,
etc. caused 21 (or 64 percent.) of the total infant deaths.
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