[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The causes of death are given in this table supplied by the Registrar-General:— Causes of Death Males Females All Causes . . 319 345 1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers • . - - 2 Measles - - 3 Scarlet Fever - - 4 Whooping Cough , . 2 1 5 Diphtheria , . 2 ] 6 Influenza # . 2 12 7 Encephalitis Lethargica # , 1 - 8 Cerebro-spinal Fever - - 9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System , , 13 13 10 Other Tuberculous Diseases * , 3 3 11 Syphilis , , - - 12 General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis - 13 Cancer, Malignant Disease • • 42 68 14 Diabetes • • 3 9 15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. • • 18 20 16 Heart Disease • o 91 80 17 Aneurysm • • - - 18 Other Circulatory Diseases , , 26 37 19 Bronchitis • • 9 8 20 Pneumonia (all forms) • • 19 18 21 Other Respiratory Disease.. • O 2 3 22 Peptic Ulcer , . 5 - 23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) , , - - 24 Appendicitis • • 3 - 25 Cirrhosis of Liver 1 1 26 Other Diseases of Liver, etc. 3 3 27 Other Digestive Diseases .. 11 12 28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis , , 12 9 29 Puerperal Sepsis , . - 1 30 Other Puerperal Causes # . - 2 31 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. 10 6 32 Senility , . 1 6 33 Suicide • # 4 1 34 Other Violence .. : - # 13 9 35 Other Defined Causes 22 22 36 Causes Ill-defined or Unknown • • 1 - Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) Smallpox • , - - - Poliomyelitis . , 1 - Polioencephalitis • • - - Deaths of Infants f ’' under ] vear 1 Legitimate under I year (illegitimate • • 14 11 3 9 9 | Total .. 14 ~ 11 Stillbirths -J Legitimate # 13 10 f Illegitimate ♦ 1 1 The following table gives the birth-rates, death-rates, an analysis of mortality, maternal death-rates, and case-rates for certain infectious diseases in 1937 ; the rates are for England and Wales, for 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns, for 148 Smaller Towns, for London and for Torquay to show the comparison:—