London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
This page requires JavaScript
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 | |