[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1940. Causes of deaths Males: Females 1. Typhoid and para-typhoid fevers ^ 0 9 - ~ 2. Cerebro-spinal fever, 0 O 0 0 — 1. 3. Scarlet fever, .. 9 0 © 0 — — 4. Whooping cough, * . . • O CO — — 5. Diphtheria, 9 9 0 O - — 6 o Tuberculosis of respiratory system, 0 o 8. 6 . 7. Other forms of tuberculosis, O O 9 0 9 0 - — 8. Syphilitic diseases, O O 0 0 9 O 1. — 9. Influenza, 7. 8. 10. ]Vi.0 cl S lG S . 09 OO CO 90 90 9 9 9 9 — — 11. Acute polio-myelitis A polio-encephalitis - — 12. Acute infs encephalitis, O O 9 9 1. - 13. Cancer of bs cav: & oesophs (M) , uterus (F) 1. 2. 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum, • 0 10. 6 . 15. Cancer of breast, • O 9 0 9 0 - 16 . 16 . Cancer of all other sites. 0 0 9 0 20. 36 . 17. Diabetes, .. .. .. .. . . 9 0 9 0 2. 4. 18. Intra-crans vases lesions. 0 9 0 0 14 . 52. 19. Heart disease. 67. 85. 20. Other diseases of circulatory system. 8. 23. 21. Bronchitis, 9 0 9 0 18. 21. 22. Pneumonia, .. 0 0 9 9 17. 30. 23. Other respiratory diseases. 9# 9 0 2. 5. 24. Ulcers of stomach or duodenum, 9 9 5. 2. 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years, 9 0 9 0 1. - 26 . Appendicitis, . - 2. 27. Other digestive diseases, O O O 0 8. 9. 28. Nephritis, .. 10. 10. 29. Puerperal & post-aborts sepsis, 9 0 - 1. 30. Other maternal causes. 9 0 9 0 - 1. 31. Premature birth, . 3. 1. 32. Congenital malformations, birth Injuries, Infantile diseases, 5. 6 . 33. Suicide, .. .. . 5. 2. 34. Road traffic accidents, 9 0 9 0 1. 3. 35. Other violent causes. 14. 11. 36 . All other causes, 29. 27. TOTALS - ALL CAUSES 257. 370. No person under 25 years of age died of any of the acute infectious diseases - a new record. One death occurred from cerebro-spinal fever, and one from acute encephalitis, hut both were persons in the 55-65 age group. Of the total deaths, 11»2 per cent were those of persons under 45 years; 69*1 per cent were those of persons over 65 years of age - a higher proportion of old persons than ever before.