[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashford U.D.C.

  • Ashford (Kent, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH IN ASHFORD URBAN DISTRICT DURING 194a. ALL CAUSES. [ Males. 170 j Females. 136 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers ] 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever — ! — 3. Scarlet Fever . . • . . 1 — 4. Whooping Cough — 5. Diphtheria 1 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 6 1 7 7. Other Forms of Tuberculosis — 1 1 8. Syphilitic Diseases — j — 9. Influenza 2 1 2 10. Measles — — 11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis . . — — 12. Acute Infective Encephalitis — 1 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) uterus (F) 5 1 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum 4 3 15. Cancer of breast 9 16. Cancer of all other sites 15 1 12 17. Diabetes 3 1 18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions 11 23 19. Heart Diseases . . 41 48 20. Other diseases of the circulatory system 1 4 21. Bronchitis 16 8 22. Pneumonia 4 6 23. Other respiratory diseases 3 3 24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum — 2 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years 1 4 26. Appendicitis 1 — 27. Other digestive diseases . . . 6 4 28. Nephritis 7 3 29. Puerperal and Post-abortion sepsis — — 30. Other Maternal Causes . . —, 1 31. Premature Birth 1 3 — 32. Congenita] Malformation. (Birth Injuries. Infantile Diseases) 4 1 33. Suicide 1 1 34. Road Traffic Accidents . . 2 — 35. Other violent causes 29 24 36. All other causes 17 12 CAUSES OF DEATH IN INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE. Months j 1 2 3- 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Congenital ' Debility 1 - - Prematurity 2 1 — • Proncho- Pneumonia _ 1 1 1 Cerebral Haemorrhage 3 \ • Enteritis 1 1 — 2 1 — — — — — — Acute Purulent Meningitis — 1 — — — — — — — — — —