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 Teddington]
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(Registrar-General's Official Returns.)
CAUSES OF DEATH | Males | Females | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | — | — |
2 Measles | 1 | — | 1 |
3 Scarlet Fever | _ | _ | _ |
4 Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
5 Diphtheria | 2 | —_ | 2 |
6 Influenza | _ | 1 | 1 |
7 Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | 1 |
8 Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — |
9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 13 | 4 | 17 |
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 Syphilis | — | _ | — |
12 General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis | — | — | — |
13 Cancer, malignant disease | 10 | 29 | 39 |
14 Diabetes | 1 | 5 | 6 |
15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 6 | 12 | 18 |
16 Heart Disease | 28 | 38 | 66 |
17 Aneurysm | 1 | — | 1 |
18 Other circulatory diseases | 7 | 2 | 9 |
19 Bronchitis | 4 | 5 | 9 |
20 Pneumonia (all forms) | 8 | 8 | 16 |
21 Other respiratory diseases | 1 | 3 | 4 |
22 Peptic Ulcer | 4 | — | 4 |
23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | — | — | — |
24 Appendicitis | — | 2 | 2 |
25 Cirrhosis of Liver | — | _ | — |
26 Other Diseases of Liver etc. | — | 3 | 3 |
27 Other Digestive Diseases | 5 | 3 | 8 |
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 6 | 8 | 14 |
29 Puerperal Sepsis | — | — | — |
30 Other Puerperal causes | — | 1 | 1 |
31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 9 | 1 | 10 |
32 Senility | 3 | 5 | 8 |
33 Suicide | 6 | 2 | 8 |
34 Other Violence | 5 | 3 | 8 |
35 Other defined diseases | 13 | 6 | 19 |
36 Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | — | 1 |
TOTALS | 135 | 143 | 278 |