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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1947 Registrar General' s Official Returns
| Causes of Death | Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 568 | 603 | 1171 | |
| 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 Syst Br | 22 | 17 | 39 |
| 7. | Other forms of Tuberculosis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 8. | Syphilitic diseases | 6 | - | 6 |
| 9. | Influenza | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 10. | Measles | - | 2 | 2 |
| 11. | Acute Polio-myelitis and polioencephalitis . | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12. | Acute infective encephalitis | - | - | - |
| 13. | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) uterus (F) | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 15. | Cancer of breast | - | 20 | 20 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 63 | 58 | 121 |
| 17. | Diabetes | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18. | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 46 | 62 | 108 |
| 19. | Heart disease | 159 | 194 | 353 |
| 20. | Other diseases of circulatory system | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 46 | 28 | 74 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 34 | 32 | 66 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 24. | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 26. | Appendicitis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 29. | Puerperal and Post-abortive sepsis | - | 2 | 2 |
| 30. | Other maternal causes | - | 3 | 3 |
| 31. | Premature birth | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 32. | Congenital mlformations, birth injury, infantile diseases | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| 33. | Suicide | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 34. | Road traffic accidents | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 35. | Other violent causes | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| 36. | All other causes | 39 | 45 | 84 |
MATERNAL MORTALITY
Five deaths were registered as being due to diseases or
accidents of child-birth as compared with two for the previous
year. The causes of death were as follows:
Case 1. Post part m haemorrhage.
"2. la. Eclampsia. b. Pregnancy 38 weeks (undelivered). 2.
Primipara.
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