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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

Sutton and Cheam 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH IN 1938.

CAUSES OF DEATH IN 1938.

Total.Under 1 year.1—2 years.2—5 years.5—15 years.15—65 years.65 and above.
Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers-------
Measles1--1---
Scarlet Fever1--1---
Whooping Cough-------
Diphtheria1----1-
Influenza6----42
Enœphalitis Lethargica1-----1
Cerebro-spinal Fever1--1---
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System37---1315
Other Tuberculous Diseases61-2-3-
Syphilis3----12
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis2----11
Cancer, malignant disease125--116558
Diabetes5----32
Cerebral Hœmorrhage, etc.312---1019
Heart Disease154----34120
Aneurysm3----12
Other Circulatory Diseases47----1433
Bronchitis141---49
Pneumonia (all forms)3741211514
Other Respiratory Diseases3----12
Peptic Ulcer5----23
Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)22-----
Appendicitis8----71
Cirrhosis of Liver-------
Other Diseases of Liver4----13
Other Digestive Diseases10----64
Acute and Chronic Nephritis18---189
Puerperal Sepsis1----1-
Other Puerperal causes3----3-
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc.2120-1---
Senility15-----15
Suicide9----63
Other Violence222---119
Other Defined Diseases592-212925
Causes Ill-defined-------
Totals655341115262342

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52.2 per cent. of deaths are at 65 years or above—
65—74 years 156
75—84 years 147
85—94 years 38
95 and above 1
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