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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
Fulham 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE 1 - Causes of and Ages at Death during year 1940.
| Cause of Death | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid & Paratyphoid fevers | - | |||||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 89 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Other forms of | ||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | l6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Syphilitic diseases | 28 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Influenza | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Measles | - | |||||||||||
| Acute Pollo-myelitis & | - | |||||||||||
| Polio-encephalitis | ||||||||||||
| Acute infantile | - | |||||||||||
| Encephalitis | ||||||||||||
| Cancer of buccal cavity & oesophagus(M) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cancer of uterus (F) | 22 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Cancer of stomach & duodenum | 42 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| Cancer of breast | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Cancer of all other sites | 160 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 41 | |||||
| Diabetes | 11 | l | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 135 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 48 | 54 | ||||||
| Heart Disease | 407 | l | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 49 | 127 | 197 | |||
| Other diseases of circulates system | 69 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 26 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 160 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 47 | 75 | |||
| Pneumonia | 125 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 30 | 28 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | 31 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Diarrhoea under 2 years | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Appendicitis | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | l | 3 | ||||||
| Other digestive disorders | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Nephritis | 33 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | ||||||
| Puerperal & postabortion sepsis | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Other maternal causes | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Premature birth | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Congenital malformations, birth injuries, &c. | 28 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Suicide | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Road traffic accidents | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Other violent causes | 326 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 47 | 61 | 43 | 46 | 26 | 26 |
| All other causes | 113 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 46 | |
| TOTALS | 1994 | 70 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 70 | 108 | 142 | 191 | 341 | 474 | 547 |