[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE II. Causes of Death at all Ages in each District during the Year 1941. BUBAL DISTBICTS. CAUSES OF DEATH. Axbridge. Bathavon. Bridgwater. Chard. Glutton. Dulverton. Frome. Langport. Long Ashton Shepton Mallet. , Taunton. Wellington. Wells. WiLLITON. WiNCANTON. Yeovil. 1 Total Rural 1 Districts. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cerebro spinal fever 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 11 Scarlet fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Whooping cough 3 1 0 0 2 I 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13 Diphtheria 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 Tuberculosis of respir. system.. 8 14 7 3 5 1 r. 5 5 1 4 2 o 5 8 9 82 Other forms of tuberculosis ... 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 19 Syphilitic diseases 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 Influenza 6 4 7 4 7 0 2 2 I 5 6 4 3 4 6 4 65 Measles 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 1 0 0 2 14 Acute poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis 0 0 0 0 ' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Acute inf. encephalitis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 Cancer of hue. cavity & ce soph. (M), uterus (F) G 9 2 1 5 0 2 4 2 5 3 5 1 3 4 3 55 Cancer of stomach & duodenum 8 2 9 4 7 4 6 7 6 3 7 3 4 6 9 6 91 Cancer of breast 7 1 ] 1 4 2 0 2 5 2 4 2 3 4 8 4 50 Cancer of all other sites 23 26 26 9 7 4 11 18 24 8 13 7 6 11 24 20 237 Diabetes 8 4 0 3 3 1 0 4 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 7 42 Intra-cranial vascular lesions ... 39 44 23 14 24 5 n 19 30 14 27 8 10 14 31 23 336 Heart disease 109 72 58 35 55 25 24 44 62 41 72 18 28 43 43 53 782 Other diseases of circ. system... 7 5 4 8 4 0 4 6 5 4 7 4 4 4 6 3 75 Bronchitis 16 22 17 7 22 9 10 7 17 8 17 5 4 21 20 9 211 Pneumonia 11 11 13 5 7 0 9 11 15 10 10 5 6 8 10 8 139 Other respiratory disease 4 4 5 1 2 3 2 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 8 43 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 5 7 2 2 4 1 1 2 5 1 O 3 0 1 1 38 Diarrhoea, under 2 years 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 11 Appendicitis 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 Other digestive diseases 3 11 3 5 4 3 4 3 9 6 11 5 8 8 10 5 9S Nephritis 16 9 13 9 4 1 4 8 13 8 16 3 9 6 9 6 134 Puerperal and post-abort, sepsis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Other maternal causes 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 Premature birth 5 3 2 3 6 1 4 0 4 0 7 3 3 2 5 2 50 Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infantile diseases ... 8 6 6 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 2 6 6 4 56 Suicide 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 3 6 2 28 Boad traffic accidents ... 6 2 5 7 6 1 2 3 6 3 3 1 1 5 4 7 61 Other violent causes 15 4 7 4 6 2 4 5 16 2 4 1 2 6 2 10 90 ■ All other causes 45 20 33 26 21 9 24 24 18 18 30 15 9 45 29 32 398 218 75 131 176 268 149 271 99 no 215 254 238 3277