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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

Teddington 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]

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Table: Vital Statistics. Table No. 3.Causes of Death, 1934.(Registrar-General's Official Returns.)

Vital Statistics. Table No. 3.

Causes of Death, 1934.

(Registrar-General's Official Returns.)

CAUSES OF DEATHMalesFemalesTotal
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers---
2 Measles123
3 Scarlet Fever---
4 Whooping Cough-22
5 Diphtheria-33
6 Influenza1-1
7 Encephalitis Lethargica---
8 Cerebro-spinal Fever---
9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system81119
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases112
11 Syphilis---
12 General Paralysis of the insane,
Tabes Dorsalis2-2
13 Cancer, malignant disease201333
14 Diabetes336
15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.358
16 Heart Disease253560
17 Aneurysm1-1
18 Other circulatory diseases123
19 Bronchitis4812
20 Pneumonia (all forms)10414
21 Other respiratory diseases112
22 Peptic Ulcer4-4
23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)---
24 Appendicitis1-1
25 Cirrhosis of Liver1-1
26 Other Diseases of Liver etc.1-1
27 Other Digestive Diseases336
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis3-3
29 Puerperal Sepsis-11
30 Other Puerperal causes--
31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.167
32 Senility325
33 Suicide1-1
34 Other Violence718
35 Other defined diseases111728
36 Causes ill-defined or unknown---
TOTALS117120237