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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

Beddington and Wallington 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

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Table: Deaths occurring during the year 1938.

Deaths occurring during the year 1938.

Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
All Causes127133260
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers———
2. Measles———
3. Scarlet Fever———
4. Whooping Cough———
5. Diphtheria———
6. Influenza112
7. Enchephalitis Lethargica———
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever—11
9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System246
10. Other Tuberculosis Diseases2—2
11. Syphilis—22
12. General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes, etc1—1
13. Cancer283058
14. Diabetes2—2
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage347
16. Heart Disease253560
17. Aneurysm1—1
18. Other Circulatory Diseases6915
19. Bronchitis224
20. Pneumonia (all forms)5510
21. Other Respiratory Diseases123
22. Peptic Ulcer2—2
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)112
24. Appendicitis2—2
25. Cirrhosis of Liver1—1
26. Other Diseases of Liver, etc—33
27. Other Digestive Diseases426
28. Nephritis6713
29. Puerperal Sepsis———
30. Other Puerperal Causes—11
31. Congenital Causes, etc.437
32. Senility123
33. Suicide4—4
34. Other Violence6511
35. Other defined causes171431
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown———
Special Causes (included in No. 35):—
Smallpox———
Poliomyelitis———
Polioencephalitis———
Deaths of Infants under 1 year:—
Total6612
Legitimate5611
Illegitimate1—1
Population (estimated mid-1938)30880