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 Sutton and Cheam]
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1940.
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | ||
2 Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | — | 2 |
3 Scarlet fever | — | — | — |
4 Whooping cough | — | — | — |
5 Diphtheria | — | 3 | 3 |
6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 22 | 13 | 35 |
7 Other forms of tuberculosis | 5 | 2 | 7 |
8 Syphilitic diseases | 5 | 2 | 7 |
9 Influenza | 6 | 7 | 13 |
10 Measles | •— | — | — |
11 Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | — | — | — |
12 Acute infective encephalitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 Cancer of buccal cavity Oesophagus (M) and Uterus (F) | 3 | 11 | 14 |
14 Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 10 | 12 | 22 |
15 Cancer of breast | 1 | 15 | 16 |
16 Cancer of all other sites | 30 | 21 | 51 |
17 Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 |
18 Intracranial vascular lesions | 21 | 33 | 54 |
IS Heart disease | 100 | 102 | 202 |
20 Other diseases of circulatory system | 10 | 6 | 16 |
21 bronchitis | 24 | 19 | 43 |
22 Pneumonia | 19 | 16 | 35 |
23 Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 10 | 15 |
24 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 11 | 3 | 14 |
25 Diarrhoea under 2 years | 4 | 1 | 5 |
26 Appendicitis | 5 | 0 | 5 |
27 Other digestive diseases | 8 | 11 | 19 |
28 Nephritis | 10 | 8 | 18 |
29 Puerperal sepsis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 Other materna causes | 0 | 3 | 3 |
31 Premature birth | 6 | 3 | 9 |
32 Congenital malformations brth injuries and infantile diseases | 10 | 8 | 18 |
33 Suicide | 2 | 2 | 4 |
34 Road traffic accidents | 7 | 2 | 9 |
35 Other violent causes | 40 | 36 | 76 |
36 All other causes | 36 | 40 | 76 |
406 | 393 | 799 |