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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1949 | 1950 | |
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Deaths from Cancer | 143 | 164 |
„ „Measles | 0 | 0 |
„ „ Whooping Cough | 0 | 0 |
„ „ Diarrhoea | 2 | 3 |
Percentage of Deaths from certain causes to the total number of Deaths
1949 | 1950 | |
---|---|---|
Diseases of the heart and circulation | 35. 5 | 34.6 |
Cancer and malignant disease | 18.0 | 19.2 |
Diseases of the lungs (non-tuberculous) | 9.4 | 8.2 |
Tuberculous diseases | 2.9 | 1.6 |
Cerebral haemorrhage | 11.0 | 15.4 |
Congenital diseases | 2.1 | l.4 |
Suicide and violence | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Diseases of the digestive system | 4.4 | 1.3 |
Infectious diseases | 2.1 | 1.9 |
Diseases of the kidney | 2.3 | 2.9 |
Other defined diseases | 8.8 | 10.0 |
Maternal Mortality: There was no death. The maternal
mortality rate for England and Wales was 0.72 per 1,000
total births.
Infantile Mortality: The infantile mortality rate was
26.44 per 1,000 live births compared with 21.42 per 1,000
live births in 1949. There were twenty-seven deaths of
infants under one year, compared with twenty-three in 1949.
Of the twenty-seven deaths, twenty-four occurred in the neo-natal period, within one month of birth, as is shown in the following-table of causes and age groups:-
Causes of Death | Age Groups | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under 1 month | 1-3 months | 3-12 months | |
Congenital Abnormality | 11 | 1 | - |
Prematurity | 7 | - | - |
Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | - |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 2 | - | - |
Gastro Enteritis | - | 1 | - |
Icterus | 2 | - | - |
Total | 24 | 3 | - |