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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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(Baaed on Registrar-General's Population figure and on statistics supplied by RegistratpGeneral.)
| LIVE BIRTHS: | Total. | M. | F. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 675 | 343 | 332 |
| Illegitimate | 37 | 16 | 21 |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | ... | 14.7 | |
| STILL BIRTHS: | |||
| Logitimate | 19 | 15 | 4 |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | _ |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live & still) births | ... | 28.6 | |
| DEATHS: | 549 | 253 | 296 |
| Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | ... | 8.23 | |
| Adjusted death rate . (Comparability factor not available.) | |||
CAUSES OP DEATH DURING 1941.
| M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 253 | 296 | |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | • | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | 2 | ||
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory system | 7 | 13 | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | 3 | |
| Syphilitic diseases | 4 | 1 | |
| Influenza | 4 | 7 | |
| Measles | - | - | |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | - | |
| Acute infantile encephalitis | - | ||
| Cancer of b. cav. and oesoph. (M.) | 6 | ||
| Uterus (F.) | - | 2 | |
| Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 7 | 10 | |
| Cancer of breast | 7 | ||
| Cancer of all other sites | 20 | 25 | |
| D iabete s | 2 | 1 | |
| intra-cranial vascular lesions | 23 | 34 | |
| Heartdisease | 63 | 77 | |
| Other diseases of circulatory system | 12 | 12 | |
| Bronchitis | 14 | 18 | |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 12 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 5 | |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 4 | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 4 | 2 | |
| Append1c it is | 1 | 2 | |
| Other digestive diseases | 5 | 5 | |
| Nephritis | 3 | 5 | |
| Puerperal and post-abort. Sepsis | - | ||
| Other maternal causes | • | 1 | |
| Premature birth | 6 | 5 | |
| Congenital malformations, birth injuries,infantile diseases . | 8 | 3 | |
| Suicide | 2 | 2 | |
| Road traffic accidents | 10 | 2 | |
| Other violent causes | 6 | 15 | |
| All other causes | 20 | 28 | |
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