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 DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR THE
YEAR 1944.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | MALES | FEMALES | |
---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 367 | 351 | |
1. | Typhoid Fever, etc. | - | - |
2. | Cerebro-Spinal |Fever | - | 1 |
3. | Scarlet Fever | - | - |
4. | Whooping Cough | - | - |
5. | Diphtheria | 1 | - |
6. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 16 | 11 |
7. | Other forms of Tuberculosis | 3 | 4 |
8. | Syphilitic Diseases | 1 | 2 |
9. | Influenza | 4 | 2 |
10. | MeasIes | - | - |
11. | Acute Polio-Myelitis and Polio-Encephalitis | - | - |
12. | Acute Iinf. Encephalitis | - | - |
13. | Cancer b, Cav; & Oesophagus (M) Uterus (F) | 3 | 9 |
14. | Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | 7 | 7 |
15. | Cancer of Breast | - | 3 |
16. | Cancer of all other sites | 43 | 21 |
17. | Diabetes | 4 | 5 |
18. | Intra-Cranial Vascular lesions | 37 | 43 |
19. | Heart Disease | 93 | 71 |
20. | Other disorders of circulatory system | . 13 | 24 |
21. | Bronchitis | 15 | 19 |
22. | Pneumonia | 28 | 22 |
23. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 8 | 6 |
24. | Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 3 | 2 |
25. | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 3 | 6 |
26. | Appendicitis | 1 | 1 |
27. | Other digestive diseases | 7 | 7 |
28. | Nephritis | 10 | 11 |
29. | Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis | - | - |
30. | Other Maternal Causes | - | 2 |
31. | Premature Births | 4 | 3 |
32. | Congenital Malformation, Birth InjuryInfantile disorders | 7 | 7 |
33. | Suicide | 6 | 1 |
34. | Road Traffic accidents | 3 | 4 |
35. | Other violent causes | 23 | 28 |
36. | All other causes | 24 | 29 |
ALL CAUSES | 367 | 351 |