[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1945

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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Cause of Deaths at different Periods of Life in the County Borough of Smethwick, 1945. CAUSES OF DEATH Sex All Ages 0— 1— 5— 15— 45— 65- ALL CAUSES M 485 41 4 8 48 137 247 F 432 26 2 5 48 107 244 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. M F _ — __ z z — 2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever . M F _ — — _ — — z 3. Scarlet Fever . M F _ — — — _ z 4. Whooping Cough . M F 1 1 __ z z z 5, Diphtheria. M 2 — — 2 — — — F 3 — 1 1 1 — — 6. Tuberculosis and Respiratory System ... M 36 1 1 _ 18 13 3 F 21 — — — 15 5 1 7. Other Forms of Tuberculosis . M 3 — _ 2 — 1 — F 3 1 — 1 — — 1 8. Syphilitic Disease . M 4 — — — — 3 1 F 4 — — — — 3 1 9. Influenza. M 1 — — — _ 1 — F 2 — — — — 2 — 10. Measles . M F 1 1 11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis M — — — — ■- — — F 1 — — — 1 — — 12. Acute Infectious Encephalitis . M — _ _ — — — F 1 — — — 1 — — 13. Cancer of Buccal Cavity and CEso- M 8 — — — — 2 6 phagus (M), Uterus (F) F 6 — — — 1 2 3 14. Cancer of, Stomach and Duodenum M 9 — — — 1 3 5 F 12 — — *— 2 4 6 15. Cancer of Breast . M — __ — — — — — F 13 — — — 4 6 3 16. Cancer of all other Sites. M 53 — — — 3 34 F 42 — — — 8 12 22 17. Diabetes . M 2 — — ~ — — 2 F 3 — — — — 1 2 18. Intra Cranial Vascular Lesions. M 47 — — — 1 10 36 F 53 — — — — 12 41 19. Heart Disease . M 118 — _ — 5 26 87 F 117 — — 1 4 19 93 20. Other Diseases of the Circulatory S.vstem M 16 — — — 1 3 12 F 18 — — — — 3 15 21. Bronchitis . M 39 1 _ — 3 18 17 F 28 1 — — — U 16 22. Pneumonia . M 21 6 — — 2 10 3 F 14 2 1 — 2 5 4 23. Other Respiratory Diseases. M 4 — — — 1 1 2 F 4 — — — — 2 2 24. Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum M 15 — — — 10 5 F 1 — — — — — 1 25. Diarrhoea under two years. M 6 6 — — — — — F 3 3 — — — — — 26. Appendicitis . M 2 — — _ — 1 1 F 4 — — 1 — 2 1 27. Other Digestive Diseases . M 11 — 1 — 1 4 5 F 14 1 — — 2 4 7 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis . M 5 1 _ — — 2 2 F 13 — — — 1 7 5 29. Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis ... F 2 _ _ — 2 — — 30. Other Maternal Cau.ses . F 1 — — _ 1 — — 31. Premature Birth. M 10 10 — — — — F 10 10 — — — — — 32. Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, M 11 11 — — — — — Infantile Disease F 8 8 — — — — 33. Suicide. . M 5 — — 1 2 2 F 2 — — — — 2 — 34. Road- Traffic Accidents . M 6 — 1 2 — 1 2 F 2 — — — — 2 35. Other Violent Causes. M 6 — — 1 2 3 — F 3 — — — — __ 3 36. All other Causes. M 43 3 1 1 9 7 22 F 24 — -- 1 3 3 17