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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 1942

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

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1942.

CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1942.

M.F.Total
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers---
2. Cerebro-spinal fever---
3. Scarlet Fever---
4.Whooping cough---
5. Diphtheria1-1
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system241236
7. Other form of tuberculosis6612
8. Syphilitic diseases112
9. Influenza213
10. Measles-11
11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis1-1
12. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis---
13. Cancer of buccal cavity Oesophagus (M) and Uterus (F)31013
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum101020
15. Cancer of breast11112
16. Cancer of all other sites543690
17. Diabetes639
18. Intracranial vascular lesions275178
19. Heart diseases of circulatory system103114217
20. Other diseases of circulatory system92029
21. Bronchitis271542
22. Pneumonia151631
23. Other respiratory diseases6814
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum538
25. Diarrhoea under 2 years314
26. Appendicitis022
27. Other digestive diseases51924
28. Nephritis91120
29. Puerperal sepsis..--
30. Other maternal causes..33
31. Premature birth6713
32. Congenital malformations, birth injuries and infantile diseases13821
33. Suicide213
34. Road traffic accidents325
35. Other violent causes3710
36. All other causes244165
570421791

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