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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1944. Registrar General's Official Returns
| Causes of Death. | Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 594 | 542 | 1,136 |
| | 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | — | — |
| 4. Whooping Cough | - | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 26 | 14 | 40 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 9. Influenza | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10. Measles | - | - | - |
| 11. Acute Polio-myelitis & polio-encephalitis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 12. Aeute infective encephalitis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 13. Cancer of "buccal cavity and oesphagus (M) uterus (F) | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 15. Cancer of breast | - | 19 | 19 |
| l6. Cancer of all other sites | 66 | 54 | 120 |
| 17. Diabetes | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 45 | 59 | 104 |
| l9. Heart disease | 169 | 148 | 317 |
| 20. Other diseases of circulatory system | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 25 | 24 | 49 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 30 | 23 | 53 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 26. Appendicitis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| 28. Nephritis | 16 | 10 | 2b |
| 29.Puerperal & Post-abortive Sepsis | - | - | — |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | — | — |
| 31. Premature birth | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury infantile diseases | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| 33. Suioide | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 31. | 37 | 74 |
| 36. All other causes | 63 | 33 | 96 |
maternal mortality
I have much pleasure in recording that no deaths were
registered as being due to diseases or accidents of child-birth as
compared with 6 deaths for the year 1943.
The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births, for England and Wales was 1.93.
infantile mortality
There were 6l deaths of infants under one year during the
year, giving an infantile mortality rate of 37.1 per 1,000 live births
This shows a further reduction compared with the figure, of 47.99 for
%3. The rate for England and Wales in 1944 was 46.
Congenital malformations, premature birth, etc. caused 48
or 78.69%) of the total infant deaths.
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