[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham] page 12

Mitcham 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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DeathsRegistered during theYear1949

Cause of Death		Males	Females	Total
1	Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	...	...	...
2	Cerebro-spinal fever	...	1	1
3	Scarlet fever	...	...	...
4	Whooping cough	...	...	...
5	Diphtheria	...	...	...
6	Tuberculosis of respiratory system	15	5	20
7	Other forms of tuberculosis	1	...	1
8	Syphilitic diseases	4	4	8
9	Influenza	4	4	8
10	Measles	...	...	...
11	Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis	...	1	1
12	Acute infectious encephalitis	1	...	1
13	Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (m) and uterus (f)	3	5	8
14	Cancer of stomach and duodenum	12	9	21
15	Cancer of breast	...	8	8
16	Cancer of all other sites	54	33	87
17	Diabetes	...	2	2
18	Intra cranial vascular lesions	28	24	52
19	Heart disease	81	89	170
20	Other diseases of circulatory system	12	16	28
21	Bronchitis	27	18	45
22	Pneumonia	11	17	28
23	Other respiratory diseases	2	2	4
24	Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	6	1	7
25	Diarrhoea (under two years)	...	...	...
26	Appendicitis	2	1	3
27	Other digestive diseases	4	4	8
28	Nephritis	11	2	13
29	Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis	...	...	...
30	Other maternal causes	...	1	1
31	Premature birth	4	3	7
32	Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infantiledisease	7	7	14
33	Suicide	...	2	2
34	Road traffic accidents	9	1	10
35	Other violent causes	6	3	9
36	All other causes	23	25	48
All causes		327	288	615