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 Mitcham]
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Deaths Registered during the Year 1933.
Cause of Death. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Typhoid and paratyphoid | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 1 | ... | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | ... | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... |
Influenza | 8 | 12 | 20 |
Encephalitis lethargica | ... | 1 | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | ... | 3 |
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 26 | 16 | 42 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... |
General Paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 2 | ... | 2 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 25 | 27 | 52 |
Diabetes | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 13 | 20 | 33 |
Heart Disease | 43 | 71 | 114 |
Aneurism | ... | ... | ... |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 15 | 9 | 24 |
Bronchitis | 8 | 5 | 13 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 23 | 14 | 37 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Peptic Ulcer | 5 | ... | 5 |
Diarrhœa, &c. (under two years) | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Appendicitis | 2 | ... | 2 |
Cirrhosis of the Liver | ... | 1 | 1 |
Other Diseases of the Liver, etc. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 4 | 9 | 13 |
Puerperal sepsis | ... | 1 | 1 |
Other Puerperal causes | ... | 1 | 1 |
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 10 | 11 | 21 |
Senility | 6 | 15 | 21 |
Suicide | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Other Violence | 9 | 9 | 18 |
Other defined Diseases | 24 | 27 | 51 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | ... | ... |
Total | 256 | 273 | 529 |
Special Causes: — | |||
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... |
Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... |
Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... |
Inquests.
Inquests were held on 43 persons dying within the district and
on 22 Mitcham residents who died outside the district, a total of 65.