[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 (b)—Table showing Summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1945 . No. Cause of Death. Male. Female. Total. 1 Typhoid Fever, etc. 2 Cerebro-spinal Fever — — — 3 Scarlet Fever — -- — 4 Whooping-cough ... — — — 5 Diphtheria ... — — 6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system 7 8 15 7 Other forms of Tuberculosis 1 3 4 8 Syphilitic Diseases 3 1 4 9 Influenza ... 2 3 5 10 Measles — 1 1 11 Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis — — — 12 Acute Infectious Encephalitis — — — 13 Cancer of Buccal Cav., and Oesophagus (M.), Uterus (F.) . 2 6 8 14 Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum 3 5 8 15 Cancer of Breast — 8 8 16 Cancer of all other sites 30 34 64 17 Diabetes 2 2 4 18 Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions ... 34 48 82 19 Heart Disease 69 104 173 20 Other diseases of Circulatory System ... 11 18 29 21 Bronchitis ... 8 10 18 22 Pneumonia 8 21 29 23 Other Respiratory Diseases 5 4 9 24 Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum 2 2 4 25 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) — — — 26 Appendicitis 1 1 2 27 Other Digestive Diseases 5 8 13 28 Nephritis ... 4 5 9 29 Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis — — — 30 Other Maternal causes — — — 31 Premature Birth 9 1 10 32 Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Infantile Dis. 4 5 9 33 Suicide — 1 1 34 Road Traffic Accidents ... 2 2 4 35 Other violent causes 5 3 8 36 All other causes 17 19 36 Total all causes ... 234 323 557