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 1.
PARTICULARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1943.
Cause of death | MALES | FEMALES | |
---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 343 | ||
1. | Typhoid Fever, etc. | - | - |
2. | Cerebro-Spenal Fever | - | - |
3. | Scar let Fever | - | 1 |
4. | Whooping Cough | - | 3 |
5. | Diphtheria | 2 | 2 |
6. | Tuberculosis of respiratory sys | 25 | 11 |
7. | Other forms of Tuberculosis | - | 1 |
Syphilitic Diseases | 5 | 2 | |
9. | Influenza | 3 | 7 |
10. | Measles | - | - |
11. | Acute Polio-Myelitis and Polio-Encephalitis | - | - |
12. | Acute Inf. Encephalitis | 1 | - |
13. | Cancer b, Cav; & Oesophagus (M) Uterus (F) | 7 | 6 |
14. | Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | 8 | 11 |
15. | Cancer of Breast | - | 13 |
16. | Cancer of all other sites | 40 | 36 |
17. | Diabetes | 3 | 2 |
18. | Intra-Cranial Vascular lesions | 18 | 29 |
19. | Heart Disease | 73 | 92 |
20. | Other disorders of circulatory system | 14 | 16 |
21. | Bronchitis | 23 | 15 |
22. | Pneumonia | 25 | 22 |
23. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | 3 |
24. | Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 6 | 2 |
25. | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 4 | 4 |
26. | Appendicitis | 2 | 1 |
27. | Other digestive diseases | 6 | 5 |
28. | Nephritis | 5 | 3 |
29. | Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis | - | 3 |
30. | Other Maternal Causes | - | 2 |
31. | Premature Births | 4 | 1 |
32. | Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Infantile disorders | 6 | 8 |
33. | Suicide | 3 | 1 |
34. | Road Traffic accidents | 2 | 2 |
35. | Other violent causes | 9 | 9 |
36. | All other causes | 25 | 30 |
ALL CAUSES | 324 | 343 |