London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Twickenham 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]#

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Table 4.

Zymotic Diseases Mortality.

The mortality rates for this group of diseases, which includes enteric fever, smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough and diarrhoea under two years of age, were:—

DiseaseNo. of DeathsDeath rate per 1,000 of the population
MaleFemaleTotal
Enteric Fever--
Smallpox
Scarlet Fever-
Diphtheria-
Measles-
Whooping Cough110.009
Diarrhoea

Table 5.

Main Causes of Death.

An analysis of the death returns reveals the following main causes of death:—

DiseasePercentage of total deathsDeath rate per 1,000 of the population
Disease of heart and circulatory system38.564.19
Intra-cranial vascular lesions11.341.23
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and other respiratory diseases10.991.20
Cancer16.571 .88
Violence5.490.60
Tuberculosis2.260.25