[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) Borough.
- Gillingham (Kent, England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Causes of Deaths amongst Civilians, Live Births and Still Births as provided by the Registrar-General:— Causes of Death Male Female Total i. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers — — 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever ... —• — 3. Scarlet Fever ... — — 4. Whooping Cough -—• 2 O 5. Diphtheria — — 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 18 9 27 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis 3 5 8 8. Syphilitic Diseases 4 1 5 9. Influenza 3 1 4 10. Measles 1 1 11. Acute polio-myelitis & polio-encephalitis — 1 1 12. Acute Infectious Encephalitis — • — — 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus males only) and Uterus 12 7 19 14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum ... 15 10 25 15. Cancer of Breast 1 10 11 16. Cancer of all other sites 4° 22 62 17. Diabetes 4 2 6 18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions 28 28 56 19. Heart Disease ... IOI 108 209 20. Other Diseases of the Circulatory System ... 11 5 16 21. Bronchitis 28 19 47 22. Pneumonia 26 13 ~39 23. Other Respiratory Diseases ... 7 4 11 24. Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum ... 9 1 10 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 8 6 14 26. Appendicitis — — 27. Other Digestive Diseases 6 2 8 28. Nephritis 12 4 16 29. Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis ... — 1 1 30. Other Maternal Causes — 1 1 31. Premature Birth ... ... ... 9 6 15 32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease ... 14 5 19 33. Suicide ... 7 5 12 34. Road Traffic Accidents 3 1 4 35. Other Violent Causes ... 10 7 17 36. All Other Causes 21 17 38 All Causes 400 304 i 704 Deaths of Infants under 1 year :— Legitimate 32 20 52 Illegitimate 6 4 10 T. 0 tcil ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 38 24 62 Births For Infant Mortality, etc M. F. Total JL1 V Iv J / A lx All 7]? • Legitimate Illegitimate 585 47 555 44 1140 9i T otcil • * • ••• 632 599 1231 Still Births :— ' Legitimate Illegitimate 10 1 11 21 1 Total ••• ••• ••• 11 11 22](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29255442_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
