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 Orsett]
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The following tables have been supplied by the Registrar-General,
with the exception of the line marked * in Table No 2.
Table 1.
CIVILIANS ONLY. Causes of Death in Orsett R.D., 1933.
Causes of Death. | Male. | Female | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | 111 | 89 | ||
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers | — | — | ||
2 | Measles | — | — | |
3 | Scarlet fever | — | — | |
4 | Whooping cough | — | 1 | |
5 | Diphtheria | — | 1 | |
6 | Influenza | 9 | 4 | |
7 | Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | |
8 | Cerebro-spinal fever | — | 1 | |
9 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 9 | 3 | |
10 | Other tuberculous diseases | — | 1 | |
11 | Syphilis | — | — | |
12 | General Paralysis of the insane, tables dorsalis | 1 | 1 | |
13 | Cancer, malignant disease | 18 | 18 | |
14 | Diabetes | 1 | 2 | |
15 | Cerebral hemorrhage, &c. | 8 | 5 | |
16 | Heart disease | 16 | 3 | |
17 | Aneurism | — | - | |
18 | Other circulatory diseases | 3 | 3 | |
19 | Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | |
20 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 8 | 7 | |
21 | Other respiratory diseases | — | 2 | |
22 | Peptic Ulcer | — | 1 | |
23 | Diarrhoea, &c. (under 2 years) | 1 | — | |
24 | Appendicitis | 2 | — | |
25 | Cirrhosis of liver | — | — | |
26 | Other diseases of liver, &c. | — | — | |
27 | Other digestive diseases | 1 | 3 | |
28 | Acute and chronic nephritis | 3 | 2 | |
29 | Puerperal sepsis | — | 2 | |
30 | Other puerperal causes | — | 1 | |
31 | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, &c. | 2 | 2 | |
32 | Senility | 8 | 5 | |
33 | Suicide | 3 | 2 | |
34 | Other violence | 6 | 2 | |
35 | Other defined diseases | 10 | 5 | |
36 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | - | |
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) | ||||
Small-pox | — | - | ||
Poliomyelitis | — | - | ||
Polioencephalitis | — | - | ||
Deaths of Infants under 1 year | Total Legitimate Illegitimate | 7 4 3 | 7 7 | |
Live Births | Total | 170 | 179 | |
Legitimate | 163 | 175 | ||
Illegitimate | 7 | 4 | ||
Stillbirths | Total | 4 | 3 | |
Legitimate | 4 | 3 | ||
Illegitimate | _ | _ |
General Register Office,
Somerset House, London, W.C. 2.
Population 22,450.