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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CAUSES OP DEATH 1945 Registrar General's Official Returns
| Causes of Death. | Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 543 | 574 | 1117 |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping Cough | - | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Diphtheria | 1 | - | 1 |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 26 | 17 | 43 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 9. Influenza | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 10. Measles | 2 | - | 2 |
| 11. Acute Polio-myelitis & polio-enccphal-itis | 1 | - | 1 |
| 12. Acute infective encephalitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) uterus (F) | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 15. Cancer of breast | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | 76 | 47 | 123 |
| 17. Diabetes | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 44 | 81 | 125 |
| 19. Heart disease | 138 | 177 | 315 |
| 20. Other diseases of circulatory system | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 34 | 16 | 50 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 25 | 30 | 55 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenm | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 26. Appendicitis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 28. Nephritis | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 29. Puerperal & Post-abortive Sepsis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | - | - |
| 31. Premature birth | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 33. Suicide | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| 36. All other causes | 39 | 41 | 80 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY
One death was registered as being duo to diseases or accidents
of child-birth as compared with no deaths for the previous year.
The cause of death was:- Ia. Post partum eclampsia, II Toxaomia of
pregnancy. A full enquiry is made into the cause of every maternal
death.
The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births was .63. That for England and Wales was 1.79.
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