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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 1944

[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 1944: —

REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH.

The following table, supplied by the Registrar General, gives the causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1944: —

Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
All Causes163190353
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers———
2. Cerebro-spinal Fever———
3. Scarlet Fever———
4. Whooping Cough———
5. Diphtheria———
6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System549
7. Other forms of Tuberculosis1—1
8. Syphilitic Disease112
9. Influenza2—2
10. Measles———
11. Acute Poliomyelitis and
Polioencephalitis———
12. Acute Infectious Encephalitis———
13.m Cancer of Buccal Cavity and
Oesophagus (males)1—1
13.f Cancer of Uterus—33
14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum5510
15. Cancer of Breast—1111
16. Cancer of all other Sites212445
17. Diabetes———
18. Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions172037
19. Heart Disease445195
20. Other diseases of the Circulatory
System437
21. Bronchitis12820
22. Pneumonia7714
23. Other Respiratory Diseases112
24. Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum2_2
25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)—11
26. Appendicitis—22
27. Other Digestive Diseases156
28. Nephritis347
29. Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis———
30. Other Maternal Causes11
31. Premature Birth123
32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease134
33. Suicide112
34. Road Traffic Accidents2—2
35. Other Violent Causes151631
36. All Other Causes161733