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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 1946
[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 1946
| M. | F. | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | _ |
| 2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | - | - | - |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping Cough | - | - | - |
| 5 | Diphtheria | - | - | |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Influenza | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | Measles | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11 | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Acute infective encephalitis | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Cancer of buccal cavity Oesophagus (M) and Uterus (F) | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 56 | 35 | 91 |
| 17 | Diabetes | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | Intracranial vascular lesions | 42 | 50 | 92 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 97 | 116 | 213 |
| 20 | Other diseases of circulatory system | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 25 | 17 | 42 |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 17 | 27 | 44 |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | Ulcer of stomach or duodnum | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | - | - | - |
| 26 | appendicitis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | other digestive diseases | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 28 | Nephritis | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| 29 | Puerperal Sepsis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | - | - | - |
| 31 | Premature birth | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 32 t | Congenital malformations, birth injuries and infantile diseases | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 33 | Suicide | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 34 | Road traffic accidents | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| 36 | All other causes | 40 | 32 | 72 |
| i | 403 | 408 | 811 | |
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