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Heston and Isleworth 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH, 1939-46(Supplied by Registrar-General).

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TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATH, 1939-46(Supplied by Registrar-General).

1939					Causes of death.	1940-46
Causes of death.		Male	Female			1940		1941		1942		1943		1944		1945		1946
Causes of death.		Male	Female			M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
1	Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	—	—	1	Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Measles	—	—	2	Cerebro-spinal fever	1	5	2	—	1	—	1	—	1	1	—	2	—	—
3	Scarlet fever	—	—	3	Scarlet fever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Whooping cough	—	2	4	Whooping cough	2	1	1	—	3	1	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—
5	Diphtheria	2	3	5	Diphtheria	4	1	2	1	1	—	—	—	1	—	2	—	—	1
6	Influenza	3	7	6	Tuberculosis of respiratory system	31	23	47	23	34	23	23	19	30	11	26	17	25	21
7	Encephalitis lethargica	1	1	7	Other forms of tuberculosis	3	2	4	4	7	6	5	2	2	1	6	3	5	5
8	Cerebro-spinal fever	—	—	8	Syphilitic diseases	10	—	2	3	6	2	9	7	2	2	7	1	5	4
9	Tuberculosis of respiratory system	35	27	9	Influenza	10	6	5	4	1	2	7	9	5	—	1	2	8	7
10	Other tuberculosis	3	4	10	Measles	1	1	—	—	2	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
11	Syphilis	3	2	11	Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
12	General paralysis, tabes dorsalis	1	2	12	Acute infectious encephalitis	—	2	—	I	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1
13	Cancer	70	62	13m	Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus	4	—	3	—	7	—	9	—	8	—	6	—	6	—
14	Diabetes	2	11	13f	Cancer of uterus	—	12	—	8	—	11	—	13	—	9	—	9	—	7
15	Cerebral haemorrhage	16	28	14	Cancer of stomach and duodenum	16	19	14	13	12	11	12	16	18	11	20	6	18	11
16	Heart disease	124	117	15	Cancer of breast	—	23	1	15	—	16	—	15	—	14	1	20	—	24
17	Aneurism	2	2	16	Cancer of all other sites	50	38	41	47	54	37	56	45	54	38	65	35	69	48
18	Other circulatory diseases	33	24	17	Diabetes	3	8	4	4	4	2	2	9	4	3	1	3	3	7
19	Bronchitis	11	10	18	Intra-cranial vascular lesions	32	42	29	40	50	50	43	54	36	46	33	39	42	65
20	Pneumonia	19	16	19	Heart disease	154	152	101	130	117	97	125	108	125	105	132	108	150	136
21	Other respiratory diseases	3	5	20	Other diseases of circulatory system	18	16	16	14	18	18	17	19	17	16	27	12	26	28
22	Peptic ulcer	5	1	21	Bronchitis	36	34	27	22	24	22	38	30	35	14	35	15	42	21
23	Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)	3	4	22	Pneumonia	31	26	21	20	32	29	37	26	33	23	23	14	29	22
24	Appendicitis	4	3	23	Other respiratory diseases	9	10	12	3	6	3	7	6	8	4	9	6	8	2
25	Cirrhosis of liver	1	7	24	Ulceration of stomach and duodenum	9	2	12	—	10	1	15	3	12	3	11	3	12	—
26	Other liver diseases	1	2	25	Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)	7	6	6	6	13	15	15	7	3	1	6	6	3	2
27	Other digestive diseases	6	10	26	Appendicitis	2	3	4	1	3	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
28	Acute and chronic nephritis	6	8	27	Other digestive diseases	13	6	14	19	10	7	8	11	9	14	8	7	11	16
29	Puerperal sepsis	—	—	28	Nephritis	10	8	17	17	7	18	7	15	10	6	6	9	14	7
30	Other puerperal diseases	—	5	29	Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis	—	2	—	1	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	1
31	Congenital deformity, prematurity, etc.	26	14	30	Other maternal causes	—	1	—	2	—	3	—	—	—	3	—	2	—	3
32	Senility	7	26	31	Premature birth	12	16	10	10	10	9	11	7	10	10	12	7	17	4
33	Suicide	7	5	32	Congenital malformations, birth injury, etc.	9	11	11	12	14	5	12	5	14	11	9	19	19	6
34	Other violence	27	13	33	Suicide	4	5	4	8	5	2	4	3	3	2	5	3	4	5
35	Other defined causes	25	27	34	Road traffic accidents	12	4	13	5	5	2	2	2	14	4	6	5	7	5
36	Ill-defined causes	1	—	35	Other violent causes	60	59	13	12	12	11	7	13	34	32	21	14	26	6
				36	All other causes	55	48	40	47	48	47	39	40	51	31	43	33	37	34
Total		447	448	Total		608	592	476	492	516	454	514	490	543	417	522	403	588	500