Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE I.
Particulars of Births and Deaths as supplied by the Registrar-General for the Year 1935.
Cause of Death. | Males. | Females. |
---|---|---|
All Causes | 312 | 320 |
1. Typhoid Fever, etc. | — | — |
2. Measles | — | — |
3. Scarlet Fever | 2 | — |
4. Whooping Cough | — | 1 |
5. Diphtheria | 2 | 1 |
6. Influenza | — | 6 |
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — |
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — |
9. Respiratory Tuberculosis | 21 | 15 |
10. Other tuberculous diseases | 5 | 1 |
11. Syphilis | 1 | 1 |
12. General paralysis of the insane, etc. | 2 | — |
13. Cancer | 34 | 48 |
14. Diabetes | 3 | 11 |
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 5 | 13 |
16. Heart Disease | 80 | 102 |
17. Aneurysm | 3 | 3 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 15 | 20 |
19. Bronchitis | 9 | 6 |
20. Pneumonia | 22 | 10 |
21. Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 1 |
22. Peptic Ulcer | 7 | — |
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 2 | 2 |
24. Appendicitis | 2 | 2 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | — |
26. Other liver diseases | 5 | 2 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 9 | 12 |
28. Nephritis | 6 | 7 |
29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | — |
30. Other Puerperal causes | — | — |
31. Congenital causes, etc. | 10 | 11 |
32. Senility | 9 | 10 |
33. Suicide | 6 | 1 |
34. Other violence | 13 | 9 |
35. Other defined diseases | 32 | 25 |
36. Ill-defined causes | 3 | — |
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) | ||
Small-pox | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | — | — |
Polioencephalitis | — | — |
Deaths of Infants under 1 year— | ||
Total | 17 | 17 |
Legitimate | 13 | 15 |
Illegitimate | 4 | 2 |
Live Births | ||
Total | 416 | 423 |
Legitimate | 397 | 393 |
Illegitimate | 19 | 30 |
Still-births | ||
Total | 20 | 14 |
Legitimate | 19 | 12 |
Illegitimate | 1 | 2 |
POPULATION | 62,490 |