[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough.

  • Bedford Borough Council
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from Cancer (all ages), 74. Deaths from Measles (all ages), 2. Deaths from Whooping Gough (all ages) 2. Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 0. On account of population movements it is necessary to use specially- prepared figures of births for calculation of infant mortality and maternal death rates. These are given below. Births for calculation of Infant Mortality Rates and Maternal Death Rates :— Male Female Total ••• 384 340 Legitimate ••• ••• ••• ••• 359 324 Illegitimate ••• ••• Causes of Death. 25 16 The following table General’s statistics. shows causes of death as given in the Registrar- Causes of Death. Males. Females. All Causes 325 366 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers — — 2, Cerebro-spinal Fever 3 2 3. Scarlet Fever 1 1 4. Whooping Cough 1 1 5. Diphtheria 1 —^ 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 8 17 7. Other Forms of Tuberculosis 6 2 8. Syphilitic Diseases 3 2 9. Influenza 9 11 10. Measles — 2 11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis — — 12. Acute Infective Encephalitis — — 13. Cancer of Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (M), Uterus (F) 4 8 14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum 8 5 15. Cancer of Breast — 5 16. Cancer of All Other Sites 18 26 17 • ]^)isb0t0s ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 6 18. Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 30 43 19. Heart Disease 69 76 20. Other Diseases of Circulatory System 26 26 21. Bronchitis 27 30 22. Pneumonia 14 13 23. Other Respiratory Diseases 5 4 24. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum 9 1 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years — — 26. Appendicitis 2 4 27. Other Digestive Diseases 5 8 28. Nephritis 12 5 29. Puerperal and Post-abortion Sepsis — 1 30. Other Maternal Causes — 1 31. Premature Birth 9 9 32. Congenital malformation, Birth Injuries, In- 1 fantile Diseases 4 1 33. Suicide ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 6 1 34. Road Traffic Accidents 6 1 35. Other Violent Causes 9 6 36. All Other Causes 27 48