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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(b) Social Conditions (contd)
aeroplane accessories, motor and marine engineers, transport
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TABLE 1.
PARTICULARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1939.
Cause of Death | . Males | Females. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 336 | 347 | ||
1. Thyphoid Fever,etc | - | - | ||
2.Measles | - | - | ||
3. Scarlet Fever | - | |||
4.Whooping Fever | - | 2 | ||
5. Diphtheria | 2 | |||
6. Influenza | 3 | 4 | ||
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | ||
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | - | ||
9. Respiratory Tuberculosis | 18 | 18 | ||
10. Other Tuberculosis diseases | 2 | 3 | ||
11. Syphilis | 2 | - | ||
12.General paralysis of the insane,etc | 2 | |||
13. Cancer | 49 | 6l | ||
14. Diabetes | 4 | 5 | ||
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage | 12 | 18 | ||
16. Heart Diseases | 102 | 107 | ||
17. Aneurysm | 2 | 1 | ||
18.Other circulatory diseases | 16 | 26 | ||
19. Bronchitis | 10 | 7 | ||
20. Pheumonia | 21 | 9 | ||
21.Other respiratory diseases | 2 | |||
22. Peptic Ulcer | 8 | 3 | ||
23.Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 2 | 4 | ||
24. Appendicitis | 2 | - | ||
25. Cirrhosis of liver | 4 | 1 | ||
26. Other liver diseases | - | |||
27. Other digestive diseases | 8 | 8 | ||
28. Nephritis | 7 | |||
29. Puerperal Sepsis | - | |||
30. Other Puerperal causes | - | 2 | ||
31. Congenital causes etc | 9 | 7 | ||
32. Senility | 7 | 15 | ||
33. Suicide | 5 | 4 | ||
34. Other violence | 19 | 13 | ||
35. Other defined diseases | 28 | 26 | ||
36. Ill-defined causes | 1 | - | ||
37.Diarrhoea, 2 years and over | 1 | 2 | ||
Special Causes (included in No.35 above) | ||||
Small-pox | - | - | ||
Poliomyelitis | 1 | |||
Polioenceohalitis | - | |||
Deaths of Infants under 1 year | ||||
Total | 14 | 16 | ||
Legitimate | 11 i | 13 | ||
Illegitimate | 3 | 3 | ||
Live Births - | For I M R etc., | For Birth Rate, | ||
M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Tote | 364 | 348 | 376 | 355 |
Legitimate | 346 | 323 | 356 | 330 |
Illegitimate | 18 | 25 | 20 | 25 |
Still-births - | ||||
Total | 12 | 8 | ||
Legitimate | 10 | 8 | ||
Illegitimate | - | |||
POPULATION | (a) 61,100 | |||
(b)58,200 |