[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham.

  • Birmingham (England). Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    117 TABLE II. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year ending January Is^, 1927. C.\USE OF DEATH. AGES. Fe- Per- 0- 1- 2- 4- S- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- 85- Males males sons. I.—Gener.\l Diseases. Enteric Fever ' 1 1 1 1 2 3 Tvphus Fever Relapsing Fever Mediterranean Fever — Malaria — Smallpo.x - Measles 21 36 10 8 1 1 1 47 31 78 Scarlet Fever — 1 — 1 1 3 1 1 3 5 8 WTiooping Cough 61 42 9 6 2 8 60 68 128 Diphtheria 4 10 11 7 15 52 12 1 1 — 1 1 1 — — — 56 60 116 Influenza 4 4 1 1 3 — 2 1 8 26 40 40 50 46 25 9 130 130 260 Miliary Fever Mumps — .\siatic Cholera Cholera Nostras — Dysentery . Plague Yellow Fever Spirochaetosis Leprosy 13 8 21 Erysipelas 3 1 — 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 1 kc. Poliomyelitis — 1 1 1 1 2 Polioencephalitis 1 — — — 1 — — 1 — — — -- — — — 1 2 3 Encephalitis Lethargica — 1 1 — 1 1 4 6 6 14 7 3 — — 14 30 44 Meningococcal Meningitis 4 1 1 — — — 1 1 1 4 6 10 Other Epidemic Diseases 2 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — 3 1 4 Glanders — — — Anthrax Rabies — — Tetanus 1 — — — — — — — 2 — — — — — — 1 2 3 Mycoses — — — — 1 — — ■— — — — — — —- 1 Tuberculosis :— Respiratory System 4 6 2 2 7 9 80 103 198 20S 174 83 23 5 511 394 905 Nervous System 11 13 11 6 6 6 7 1 4 1 1 3 — — — 3i 36 70 Intestines, Peritoneum 2 1 — — 2 3 3 1 — 2 3 2 1 1 1 — 10 12 22 Vertebral Column — — — 2 1 1 1 — — — — — 3 2 5 Joints 1 — — 1 1 Other Organs — — — — —■ — 1 — — 3 — 1 — — — 5 — 5 Disseminated 2 1 — 1 1 2 2 2 3 — 1 1 — — — 10 6 16 Sj'philis 7 1 2 7 11 7 3 — — 28 10 38 Soft Chancre — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Gonococcal Infection 1 1 — — — 2 2 Purulent Infection, Septicaemia 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 — — 7 8 15 1 Other Infectious Diseases 1 — ■ — 1 II.—General Diseases not includ- ed ABOVE. Cancer:— Buccal Cavity 1 1 16 31 11 7 1 60 68 Phar. nCsop. stomach, Tiver, etc — 6 16 50 111 103 45 6 193 144 337 Peritoneum, Intestines — — 3 11 31 66 106 47 8 134 138 272 Female Organs 6 12 35 29 29 14 2 — 127 127 Breast 2 16 41 39 18 9 2 1 126 127 Skin 2 4 5 3 — 9 7 16 Other Organs 1 1 2 3 1 4 7 23 47 71 66 29 3 176 82 258 Non-Malignant Tumours — 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 1 8 8 16 Rheumatic Fev'er 1 — 1 2 13 11 15 7 4 1 4 2 — — — 21 40 61 Chronic Rheumatism 1 — 1 4 10 19 10 3 18 30 48 Scurvy — Pellagra — — — Ik ri-l^ ri — — — — — — — — — — — — — Rickets .... 3 1 1 — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 6 Diabetes 1 2 —