[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE II. Causes of Death at al! Ages in each District during the Year 1948. KUKAL DISTEICTS. CAUSES OF DEATH. Axbridge. Bathavon. Bridgwater. Chard. Glutton. Dulverton. Frome. Langport. Long Ashton' 1 Shepton Mallet. Taunton. Wellington. Wells. 1 WiLLITON. WiNCANTON. Yeovil. Total Rural Districts. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cerebro spinal fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Scarlet fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Whooping cough . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Diphtheria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuberculosis of respir. system.. 8 2 4 4 4 1 2 3 13 6 7 0 4 4 1 5 68 Other forms of tuberculosis ... 0 4 1 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 i 0 1 1 19 Syphilitic diseases . 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 12 Xl]lflU0IlZ£k ••• ••• ••• 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 Measles . Acute poliomyelitis and 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 polio -encephalitis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Acute inf. encephalitis Cancer of hue. cavity & cesoph. 1 J 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (M), uterus (F) . 4 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 4 3 3 4 5 4 2 2 46 Cancer of stomach & duodenum 11 7 6 3 11 3 6 6 9 1 4 3 3 2 6 3 84 Cancer of breast 6 9 4 6 6 0 4 7 4 2 4 2 2 1 3 4 63 Cancer of all other sites 38 18 27 18 14 4 9 20 27 9 19 13 9 18 17 19 279 Diabetes 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 Intra-cranial vascular lesions ... 36 29 25 21 24 3 3 12 27 8 25 12 11 22 20 32 310 Heart disease 93 77 57 43 62 20 21 33 73 39 62 25 38 50 60 00 813 Other diseases of circ. system.., 12 3 4 2 4 3 0 8 7 4 8 6 2 13 14 6 96 Bronchitis 4 8 6 5 4 o 5 3 12 3 6 2 3 7 8 5 83 Pneumonia 6 4 6 2 4 1 4 3 7 4 4 1 2 8 3 3 61 Other respiratory disease 4 6 5 0 4 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 7 3 5 41 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 29 Diarrhoea, under 2 years 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 Appendicitis . 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 Other digestive diseases 8 1 6 2 5 0 2 3 6 4 1 2 1 1 2 4 47 Nephritis 4 13 13 4 5 2 1 3 7 5 3 5 8 5 3 8 89 Puerperal and post-abort, sepsis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Other maternal causes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Premature birth Congenital malformations, birth 2 2 2 0 6 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 27 injuries, infantile diseases ... 8 4 6 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 0 4 4 51 Suicide 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 2 2 23 Road trafi&c accidents. 3 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 5 2 7 0 1 2 4 2 i 38 Other violent causes . 10 5 3 1 1 2 4 2 3 6 4 1 0 6 4 0 52 All other causes . 27 13 15 18 8 8 4 10 24 12 12 7 9 12 8 23 210