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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1940 Registrar General's Official Returns
| Causes of Death | Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllCauses. | 701 | 694 | 1395 | |
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | ||
| 2. | Gerebro-spinal Fever. | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | — | - | - |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | - | - | - |
| 5- | Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6. | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 33 | 20 | 53 |
| 7. | Other forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8. | Syphilitic diseases | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 9. | Influenza | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 10. | Measles | 2 | - | 2 |
| 11. | Acute Polio-myelitis & polio-encephalitis | - | - | - |
| 12. | Acute infective encephalitis. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13. | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) Uterus (F) . | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach & Duodenum | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 15. | Cancer of breast | - | 23 | 23 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 60 | 41 | 101 |
| 17 | Diabetes | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 18. | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 52 | 74 | 126 |
| 19. | Heart disease. | 166 | 191 | 357 |
| 20. | Other diseases of' circulatory system | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 50 | 45 | 95 |
| 22. | Pneumonia. | 35 | 38 | 73 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 24. | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 26. | Appendicitis | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 29. | Puerperal & post-abortive sepsis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 30. | Other maternal causes | - | 1 | 1 |
| 31. | Premature Birth | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 32. | Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases. | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 33. | Suicide | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 34. | Road traffic accidents | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 35. | Other violent causes | 91 | 59 | 150 |
| 36. | All other causes | 56 | 54 | 110 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY
The number of deaths from puerperal causes during 1940
were as follows:- Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis - 1,
other maternal causes - 1.
The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births, was 1.4 compared with 2.16 for England and Wales.
infantile MORTALITY
The deaths of infants under one year during 1940
numbered 63, producing an infantile mortality rate of 45.8 per
1,000 live births, as compared with 26.4 and 45.8 for 1939 and
1938 respectively. The rate for England and Wales in 1940
was 55.
Congenital malformations, premature birth, etc. caused 33
(or 52 per cent) of the total infant deaths.
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