Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Deaths—Sex and Ward Distribution.
Ward. | Males. | Females | Children under 1 year. | Total deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deptford Park | 45 | 24 | 2 | 69 |
Evelyn | 70 | 45 | 12 | 115 |
St. Paul's | 68 | 64 | 12 | 132 |
Vale | 54 | 53 | 12 | 107 |
Clifton | 57 | 40 | 5 | 97 |
Canterbury | 45 | 24 | 3 | 69 |
Hatcham | 66 | 47 | 7 | 113 |
Pepys | 43 | 57 | 4 | 100 |
St. Catherine's | 37 | 49 | 7 | |
St. Peter's | 34 | 54 | 4 | 88 |
St. John's | 84 | 35 | 5 | 119 |
Town Hall | 54 | 53 | 4 | 107 |
657 | 545 | 77 | 1202 |
An analysis of the causes of death will be found in Table I of the Appendix. The following is a comparative statement of the chief causes of mortality in recent years :
Cause of Death. | Rate per 1.000 deaths (all causes), 1936. | Average No. for 10 years 1915-24. | Average 1925-1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | Increase or decrease over 1935 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measles | 7.5 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 9 | + 8 |
Whooping Cough | 5.8 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 7 | + 2 |
Diphtheria | 5.0 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 6 | - 4 |
Influenza | 5.8 | 70 | 35 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 7 | + 1 |
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 54 | 136 | 102 | 113 | 100 | 92 | 94 | 92 | 83 | 65 | -18 |
Non-pulmonary | 9.1 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | + 5 |
Cancer | 146 | 133 | 159 | 156 | 174 | 183 | 137 | 189 | 167 | 176 | + 9 |
Heart Disease | 247 | 128 | 232 | 298 | 322 | 297 | 281 | 322 | 260 | 298 | + 38 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, Em holism and Thrombosis | 55 | 67 | 54 | 45 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 73 | 60 | 66 | + 6 |
Bronchitis | 61 | 140 | 95 | 47 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 60 | 46 | 73 | + 17 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 52 | 154 | 121 | 73 | 113 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 64 | 63 | + 2 |
Nephritis .. | 23 | 35 | 34 | 44 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 28 | + 8 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 17 | 45 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 29 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 20 | + 1 |
Violence (excluding Suicides) 40 | 48 | 49 | 64 | 30 | 36 | 37 | 49 | 42 | 48 | + 6 | |
Premature Birth, Malformation and Debility | 33 | 86 | 49 | 40 | 45 | 48 | 45 | 50 | 27 | 40 | + 13 |