[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Jarrow Borough.
- Jarrow (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1940
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Jarrow Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Registrar Ceneral’s Short List of Causes of Death for 1940. Causes of Death. Male. Female. All Causes 432 222 ‘210 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers Cerebro Spinal Fever 1 5 Scarlet Fever — Whooping Cough — Diphtheria 2 5 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 15 12 Other forms of Tuberculosis 6 1 Syphilitic Diseases 2 3 Influenza 2 5 Measles —. 2 Acute Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis. — Cancer ol Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (males only) 7 — Cancer of Uterus —• 2 Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum 4 3 Cancer of Breast — 2 Cancer of all other sites 13 io Diabetes 1 5 Intra Cranial Vascular Lesions 16 22 Heart Disease 35 43 Other Diseases of Circulatory System 12 7 Bronchitis 23 23 Pneumonia 13 9 Other Respiratory Diseases 3 ] Ulcer of the Stomach or Duodenum 2 Diarrhoea, under 2 vears of age 3 2 Appendicitis 2 1 Other Digestive Diseases 6 10 Nephritis 3 1 Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis — — Other Maternal Causes — 2 Premature Birth 6 3 Congenita] Malformations, Birth Injure, Infantile Disease 7 2 Suicide 3 2 Road ['raffle Accidents 1 Other Violent Causes 12 11 All other causes 22 16 a Illegitimate ( 1'otal Deaths of Infants under 1 vear. 24 2 26 11 1 12](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2949980x_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
