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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
Surbiton 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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| Males. | Females. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | 1 |
| 12. | Cancer, malignant disease | 8 | 24 |
| 13. | Rheumatic Fever | — | 1 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 1 | 1 |
| 15. | Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Ac. | — | 8 |
| 16. | Heart Disease | 18 | 19 |
| 17. | Arterio-Sclerosis | 16 | 19 |
| 18. | Bronchitis | 1 | 5 |
| 19. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 9 | 11 |
| 20. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | 1 |
| 21. | Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | — | 1 |
| 22. | Diarrhoea, &c. (under 2 years) | — | — |
| 23. | Appendicitis and Typhlitis | — | — |
| 24. | Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 1 |
| 25. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 4 | 3 |
| 26. | Puerperal Sepsis | — | — |
| 27. | Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | — | — |
| 28. | Congenital Debility and Malformation, premature birth | 4 | 5 |
| 29. | Suicide | 3 | — |
| 30. | Other deaths from violence | 7 | 4 |
| 31. | Other defined diseases | 20 | 29 |
| 32. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — |
| According to figures furnished by the Registrar-General. | |||
The causes and ages at death of the 17 children
who died under the age of 1 year were as
follows:—
Premature Birth, Oedima of Lungs 15 hours.
Prematurity 4 days.
Acute Primary Pneumonia 4 months.
Broncho Pneumonia 9 months.
Acute Broncho Pneumonia, Heart
Failure 2 months.