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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 1942

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

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Table: REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH.The following table, supplied by the Registrar General, gives the causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1942: —

REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH.

The following table, supplied by the Registrar General, gives the causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1942: —

Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
All Causes139178317
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers---
2. Cerebro-spinal Fever——-
3. Scarlet Fever—--
4. Whooping Cough112
5. Diphtheria——-
6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System6612
7. Other forms of Tuberculosis—33
8. Syphilitic Disease——-
9. Influenza112
10. Measles-—-
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis---
12. Acute Infectious Encephalitis———
13.mCancer of Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (males)33
13.f Cancer of Uterus—22
14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum639
15. Cancer of Breast—88
16. Cancer of all other Sites171835
17. Diabetes—33
18. Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions102131
19. Heart Disease5150101
20. Other diseases of the Circulatory System268
21. Bronchitis81018
22. Pneumonia5510
23. Other Respiratory Diseases213
24. Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum527
25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)———
26. Appendicitis———
27. Other Digestive Diseases268
28. Nephritis246
29. Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis———
30. Other Maternal Causes———
31. Premature Birth145
32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease369
33. Suicide112
34. Road Traffic Accidents2—2
35. Other Violent Causes213
36. All Other Causes91625