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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Particulars of Births and Deaths as supplied by the Registrar-General for the Year 1936.
| Cause of Death. | Males. | Females. |
|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 370 | 378 |
| 1. Typhoid Fever, etc. | - | - |
| 2. Measles | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | 1 | — |
| 4. Whooping Cough | — | — |
| 5. Diphtheria | — | — |
| 6. Influenza | 5 | 8 |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 |
| 8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — |
| 9. Respiratory Tuberculosis | 26 | 24 |
| 10. Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | 2 |
| 11. Syphilis | 1 | 1 |
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, etc. | 3 | — |
| 13. Cancer | 55 | 62 |
| 14. Diabetes | 7 | 3 |
| 15. Cerebral haemorrhage, | 15 | 12 |
| 16. Heart Disease | 89 | 107 |
| 17. Aneurysm | 2 | 1 |
| 18. Other circulatory diseases | 13 | 25 |
| 19. Bronchitis | 14 | 18 |
| 20. Pneumonia | 29 | 22 |
| 21. Other respiratory diseases | 1 | 4 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 8 | — |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 4 | 1 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 2 | 4 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of liver | — | — |
| 26. Other liver diseases | 2 | 1 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 8 | 10 |
| 28. Nephritis | 11 | 15 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 3 |
| 30. Other Puerperal causes | — | 2 |
| 31. Congenital causes, etc. | 11 | 8 |
| 32. Senility | 7 | 8 |
| 33. Suicide | 4 | 4 |
| 34. Other violence | 20 | 7 |
| 35. Other defined diseases | 29 | 24 |
| 36. Ill-defined causes | — | — |
| Special Causes (included in No. 35 above)— | ||
| Small-pox | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | - |
| Deaths of Infants under 1 year— | ||
| Total | 26 | 15 |
| Legitimate | 22 | 15 |
| Illegitimate | 4 | - |
| Live Births— | ||
| Total | 420 | 411 |
| Legitimate | 390 | 403 |
| Illegitimate | 30 | 8 |
| Still-births— | ||
| Total | 5 | 16 |
| Legitimate | 5 | 15 |
| Illegitimate | — | 1 |
| POPULATION | 62.300 | |