[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C.

  • Houghton-le-Spring (Durham, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Houghton-le-Spring U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Death in Houghton-le-Spring Urban District in 1925 (civilians only). Causes of Death. Male. Female All causes ... 84 • • • 69 1. Enteric fever... • • • 0 • • • 0 2. Small-pox • . • 0 ... 0 3. Measles ... 0 ... 2 4. Scarlet fever ... • • • 0 • • • 0 5. Whooping cough • • • 2 ... 4 6. Diphtheria • • • 2 • • . 0 7. Influenza 3 • • • 5 8. Encephalitis lethargica 0 • . • 0 9. Meningococcal meningitis • • • 0 • . , 0 10. Tuberculosis of respiratory system 6 ... 4 11. Other tuberculosis diseases • • . 1 ... 2 12. Cancer, malignant disease 9 ... 4 13. Rheumatic fever • • • 0 • • • 0 14. Diabetes 1 ... 1 15. Cerebral hsemorrage, &c. 9 ... 2 16. Heart disease • • • 4 • • • 5 17. Arterio-sclerosis 4 ... 5 18. Bronchitis 5 ... 4 19. Pneumonia (all forms) • •. 9 ... 10 20. Other respiratory diseases ... 0 ... 1 21. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum • •. 1 ... 0 22. Diarrhoea, &c., under 2 years ... • • • 5 ... 0 23. Appendicitis and typhlitis 0 ... 0 24. Cirrhosis of liver 0 ... 0 25. Acute and chronic nephritis ... 2 ... 2 26. Puerperal sepsis • • • 0 ... 0 27. Other accidents and diseases of nancy and parturition preg- 0 ... 1 28. Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth 6 ... 10 29. Suicide • • • 1 ... 0 30. Other deaths from violence • • • 5 ... 0 31. Other defined diseases • • • 9 . . . 6 32. Causes ill-defined or unknown 0 1