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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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CAUSES OP DEATH IN THE BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND CHEAM DURING 1943
| M. | F. | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers .... | - | - | - |
| 2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever , | - | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping Cough | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5 | Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of rercpiicatory system | 24 | 14 | 38 |
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Influenza | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 10 | Measles | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | - | 1 |
| 12 | Acute infective encephalitin | - | ||
| 13 | Cancer of buccal cavity | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 11 | S | 19 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | 20 | 20 | |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 39 | 40 | 79 |
| 17 | Diabetes | - | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Intracranial vascular lesions | 32 | 51 | 83 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 117 | 114 | 231 |
| 20 | Other diseases of circulatory system | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 22 | 13 | 35 |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 24 | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea under 2 year | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | Aopendiciti3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 28 | Nephritis | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 29 | Puerperal sepsis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | |||
| 31 | Premature birth | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 32 | Congenital malformations, birth injuries and infantile diseases | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 33 | Suicide | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 35 | Other Violent causes | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 36 | All other causes | 32 | 31 | 63 |
| 378 | 400 | 778 | ||
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