[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough.

  • Doncaster (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A decrease from 68 in 1937 to 59 in 1938 is shown in deaths from Other Defined Diseases. Deatlns from other causes have not varied to any great extent. CAUSES OF DEATH. M. F. Total Ail Causes 423 374 797 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 0 0 0 2. Measles 4 1 •5 3. Scarlet fever 1 0 1 4. 'Whooping-cough 0 2 2 5. Diphtheria 4 3 7 6. Influenza ... 1 5 7 12 7. Encephalitis lethargica ... 0 0 0 8. Cerebro-spinal fever 0 1 1 9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System ... 20 9 29 10. Other tuberculous diseases 5 4 9 11. Syphilis •2 1 3 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis 2 0 2 13. Cancer, malignant disease 49 66 115 14. Diabetes 6 11 ' 17 ' i 15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. 15 9 24 ■ 16. Heart disease 94 98 192 17. Aneurysm 3 2 5 ^ 1 18. Other circulatory diseases 23 30 53 : 19. Bronchitis 15 12 27 : 20. Pneumonia (all forms) ... 25 11 36 i 21. Other respiratory diseases 5 4 9 22. Peptic ulcer 6 1 7 ; 23. Diarrhoea, etc. ... ... ... ... 0 3 3 , 24. Appendicitis ... ... ... ... 3 4 7 : 25. Cirrhosis of liver ... ... ...' 1 2 3 26. Other diseases of liver, etc. ... ...’ 2 5 7 27. Other digestive diseases ... ...; 8 8 ' 16 ! 28. Acute and chronic nephritis 13 1 12 25 ^ 29. Puerperal sepsis ... ... ..., 0 : 0 0 ; 30. Other puerperal causes ... ... 0 3 3 31. Congenital debility, premature birth. malformation, etc. ... ...j 14 11 25 , 32. Senilitv ... ... ... ... ... | 18 11 29 1 33. Suicide' n j 1 8 34. Other violence 39 14 53 I 35. Other defined diseases ... ... ... 31 28 59 ! 36. Causes ill-defined, or unknown ... ' 3 0 1 3 i