[Report 1942-1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunstable Borough.
- Dunstable (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1942-1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunstable Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![3 & 4. Birth and Death Rates. Year. Population. Reti. Gen’s [ Local Estimate. [ Estimate. Births. Birth Rate. Deaths. Crude Death Rate. Death rate for England and Wales. 1939 14,720 16,817 231 17 155 10-5 — 1940 15,730 20,131 244 16 220 13-9 — 1941 18,040 18,789 274 15 181 10-0 — 1942 17,130 17,330 274 16 169 9-9 11-6 1943 16,450 16,069 266 16 156 9-5 12-1 1944 16,160 16,349 320 20 185 11-4 11-6 1945 15,680 16,831 294 19 164 10-5 11-4 5. Causes of Death—Statistics. The table immediately following, supplied by the Registrar- General, gives the causes of deaths of residents in the Borough during the years 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945 Causes of Death. 1942. 1 1943. 1944. 1945. M. F. M. F. M. I F. 1 M. F. All Causes 88 81 74 82 94 91 80 84 1. Typhoid Fever, etc. — — — — 0 2 Measles —- i — — •— — — 3. Scarlet Fever —■ 1 — — —- — — 4. Whooping Cough ... 5. Diphtheria ... —■ — — —■ — — — — 6. Influenza — ■— 2 4 —- — 2 — /. Cerebro-spinal Fever — — — —• — — -- 8. Encephalitis Lethargica ... — — — 1 — — — 9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 3 2 5 3 3 3 1 4 10. Other Tuberculous Diseases 2 — ■— — 2 — —• 1 11. Syphilis — ■— 1 — —- —• 1 — 12. General Paralysis of Insane — ■— — — — — — — 13. Cancer 17 13 11 12 13 15 16 15 14. Diabetes — — — — — 2 — 1 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage 11 13 8 6 8 10 5 12 16. Heart Disease 19 17 13 13 20 24 12 18 17. Other diseases of circulatory system 6 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 18. Acute polio-myelitis and polio- encephalitis 19. Bronchitis ... 2 5 3 7 4 1 5 5 20. Pneumonia ... 3 1 6 4 4 6 4 1 21. Other respiratory diseases 1 3 2 1 3 3 3 — 22. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum ... 1 1 2 1 1 — 3 1 23. Diarrhoea under 2 years of age ... 2 — 2 — — — ■— 24. Appendicitis — — — 1 3 — — 25. Other digestive diseases ... 1 1 — 3 — 6 4 4 26. Nephritis — 2 2 3 3 2 1 9 27. Puerperal and post-abort, sepsis... — •— •— 1 — — — — 28. Other maternal causes — — — — — 1 — — 29. Premature birth 2 — 3 2 2 — 1 3 30. Congenita] mal., birth injuries, infant, dis. 2 3 2 7 31. Suicide 2 1 — — 1 — 2 1 32. Road traffic accidents ... ... 1 2 4 1 1 1 33. Other violent causes 1 — 3 2 1 — — 1 34. All other causes 12 14 8 12 14 15 13 10](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29172500_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
