[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 1. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1943. CAUSES OF DEATH. NEXT DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF RESIDENTS WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICT. All ages. Under [ year. 1 and under 5 years 5 and under 5 years 15 and under 45 years 45 and under 65 years 65 and up¬ wards. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cerebro spinal fever 7 1 3 1 2 0 0 Scarlet fever 1 0 0 0 l 0 0 Whooping cough 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 Diphtheria l 0 1 0 0 0 0 Tuberculosis of respir. system.. 159 1 0 0 96 52 10 Other forms of tuberculosis ... 56 6 13 7 17 8 5 Syphilitic diseases 16v 0 0 1 4 8 3 Influenza 210 3 3 5 19 45 135 Measles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Acute poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Acute inf. encephalitis 7 0 1 0 3 3 0 Cancer of hue. cavity & cesoph. ; i *. 39 41 (M), uterus (F) 83 0 0 0 7 35 Cancer of stomach & duodenum 151 0 1 0 5 50 95 Cancer of breast 92 0 0 0 ' 13 38 41 Cancer of all other sites 497 2 2 1 29 142 321 Diabetes ... . 62 0 0 0 8 21 33 Intra-cranial vascular lesions ... 629 1 1 2 13 136 476 Heart disease 1415 1 0 4 38 264 1108 Other diseases of circ. system... 146 0 0 0 5 24 117 Bronchitis 266 7 2 2 7 44 204 Pneumonia 199 33 7 2 17 35 105 Other respiratory disease 71 2 0 0 6 26 37 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 51 0 0 0 4 24 23 Diarrhoea, under 2 years 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 Appendicitis 30 0 3 4 7 4 12 Other digestive diseases 161 3 2 3 17 49 87 Nephritis 197 0 0 1 15 37 144 Puerperal and post-abort, sepsis 6 0 0 0 6 0 u Other maternal causes 18 0 0 0 1 0 u Premature birth 79 79 0 0 0 0 Congenital malformations, birth 1 injuries, infantile diseases ... 133 116 2 4 7 3 1 Suicide 35 0 0 0 9 16 10 Iioad traffic accidents ... 46 0 1 7 I 10 17 11 Other violent causes 137 14 7 7 26 27 06 All other causes 680 17 9 5 1 67 95 497 3572