[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitehaven Borough.

  • Whitehaven (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitehaven Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1947. Causes of Death Males. Females All causes 241 132 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers Cerebro-spinal Fever .... — — Scarlet Fever — — Whooping Cough — — Diphtheria — — Tuberculosis of Respiratory System .... 7 6 Other Tuberculous Disease 3 1 Syphilis .... — — Influenza 1 — Measles .... — 1 Acute Poliomyelitis and Encephalitis ... — — Cancer .... 30 23 Diabetes .... — — Cerebral Haemorrhage.... 12 17 Heart Disease .... 34 36 Other Circulatory Diseases 4 2 Bronchitis 6 4 Pneumonia (all forms) .... 13 7 Other Respiratory Diseases 5 3 Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum 4 1 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) — 1 Appendicitis 3 — Other Digestive Diseases 3 1 Nephritis 3 6 Puerperal Sepsis — — Other Maternal Causes — — Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. 9 5 Suicide .... 1 — Road Traffic Accidents — — Other Violence .... 87 2 All Other Causes 16 16