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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1942 Registrar General's Official Returns
| Causes of Death | Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 528 | 547 | 1,075 | |
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 2 | 2 |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 1 | - | 1 |
| 6. | Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 29 | 20 | 49 |
| 7. | Other forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8. | Syphilitic diseases | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 9. | Influenza | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 10. | Measles | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11. | Acute Polio-myelitis & polio-encephalitis | - | - | - |
| 12. | Acute infective encephalitis | - | - | - |
| 13. | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) Uterus (F) | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach & Duodenum | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 15. | Cancer of breast | — | 23 | 23 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 74 | 57 | 131 |
| 17. | Diabetes | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 18. | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 32 | 62 | 94 |
| 19. | Heart disease | 141 | 154 | 295 |
| 20. | Other diseases of circulatory system | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 31 | 16 | 47 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 27 | 30 | 57 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 24. | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 26. | Appendicitis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| 29. | Puerperal & Post-abortive sepsis | - | - | - |
| 30. | Other maternal causes | - | 2 | 2 |
| 31. | Premature birth | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 32. | Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 33. | Suicide | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 34. | Road traffic accidents | 2 | - | 2 |
| 35. | Other violent causes | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| 36. | All other causes | 40 | 50 | 90 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY
During the year two deaths were registered as being due to
diseases or accidents of child-birth.
The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births, was 1.27 compared with 2.01 for England and Wales,
INFANTILE MORTALITY
There were. 81 deaths of infants under one year during the
year, giving an infantile mortality rate of 53.1 per 1,000
live births. This shows a very favourable reduction compared
with the figure of 70.95 for 1941. The rate for England and
Wales in 1942 was 49.
Congenital malformations, premature birth, etc. caused 40
(or 49.38%) of the total infant deaths.
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