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 Malden & Coombe]
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CAUSES OF DEATH.
M. | F. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | l |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
Whooping cough | - | - | — |
Diphtheria | - | 1 | l |
Respiratory tuberculosis | 17 | 14 | 31 |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Syphilitic diseases | — | 2 | 2 |
Influenza | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Measles | — | — | — |
Acute polio-myelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - |
Acute inf: encephalitis | — | — | — |
Cancer | 37 | 25 | 62 |
Diabetes | — | 4 | 4 |
Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 11 | 21 | 32 |
Heart disease | 40 | 43 | 83 |
Other circulatory diseases | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Bronchitis | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Pneumonia | 10 | 9 | 19 |
Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Appendicitis | 1 | — | 1 |
Other digestive diseases | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Nephritis | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Puerperal or post-abortive sepsis | — | 1 | 1 |
Other maternal causes | — | 2 | 2 |
Premature birth | — | 4 | 4 |
Congenital malformations; birth injury; infant diseases | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Suicide | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Road traffic accidents | 8 | — | 8 |
Other violent causes | 12 | 10 | 22 |
All other causes | 14 | 19 | 33 |
All causes | 188 | 193 | 381 |