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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1946. Registrar General's Official Returns.
| Causes of Death. | Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 553 | 567 | 1120 |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | - | - |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 22 | 11 | 33 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9. Influenza | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 10. Measles | - | 1 | 1 |
| 11. Acute Polio-myelitis and polio encephalitis | - | - | - |
| 12. Acute infective encephalitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) uterus (F) | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 21 | 15 | 36 |
| 15. Cancer of breast | - | 28 | 28 |
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | 75 | 43 | 118 |
| 17. Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 18. Intro-cranial vascular lesions | 30 | 68 | 98 |
| 19. Heart disease | 143 | 159 | 302 |
| 20, Other diseases of circulatory system | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 32 | 23 | 55 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 29 | 29 | 58 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 26. Appendicitis | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 28. Nephritis | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 29. Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis | - | - | - |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | 2 | 2 |
| 31. Premature birth | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 33. Suicide | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 36. All other causes | 57 | 44 | 101 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Two deaths were registered as being due to diseases or
accidents of child-birth as compared with one death. for the
previous year. Tho causes of death were:-
1. la.Internal haemorrhage. b. Ruptured Ectopic Gestation.
2. la.Paralytic Ileus. b. Infective Endocarditis following
caesarean section.
A full enquiry is mode into tho cause of every maternal death.
The maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births was 0.998. That for England and Wales was 1.43
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