[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE III. Causes of Death at all Ages in each District during the Year 1943. URBAN DISTRICTS. CAUSES OF DEATH. Bridgwater. Burnham. | Chard. Clevedon. | Crewkerne. Frome. | Glastonbury. Ilminster. | Keynsham Minehead. o o s P c5 1 S5 O H P$ O Z i P < w a w H a o CL, Shepton Mallet. Street. Taunton. Watchet. Wellington. Wells. Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil. Total Urban Districts. J County Total. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers Cerebro spinal fever Scarlet fever Whooping cough . Diphtheria Tuberculosis of respir. system.. 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 83 0 7 1 5 1 159 Other forms of tuberculosis ... 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 22 56 Syphilitic diseases 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 i 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 12 16 Influenza 8 5 2 4 0 7 4 1 2 6 10 2 3 3 14 0 4 1 12 10 98 210 Measles ... ... ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Acute poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Acute inf. encephalitis 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 Cancer of buc. cavity & oesoph. (M), uterus (F) 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 1 6 0 2 2 8 2 39 83 Cancer of stomach & duodenum 5 3 3 4 3 3 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 13 0 4 1 17 8 75 151 Cancer of breast ... .., 6 1 2 5 0 5 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 11 4 47 92 Cancer of all other sites 21 14 7 23 4 11 4 4 7 13 8 7 2 9 33 5 7 7 63 15 264 497 Diabetes 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 7 6 32 62 Intra-cranial vascular lesions ... 26 11 6 14 1 15 9 3 7 9 9 2 6 6 43 6 8 11 52 17 261 629 Heart disease 68 39 16 47 20 30 23 3 27 30 31 14 8 14 90 8 26 16 148 40 698 1415 Other diseases of circ. system... 9 4 2 3 0 3 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 13 1 2 1 12 4 66 146 Bronchitis ... ... ... 12 3 1 4 1 6 1 0 6 6 10 4 6 0 30 2 6 4 26 9 137 266 Pneumonia 9 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 9 0 4 1 11 1 1 2 16 8 81 199 Other respiratory disease 3 2 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 9 0 1 0 10 3 38 71 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum L 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 4 2 28 51 Diarrhoea, under 2 years 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 7 15 Appendicitis 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11 30 Other digestive diseases 10 3 2 6 9 0 0 6 4 5 0 0 1 15 1 3 0 15 7 88 161 Nephritis ... ... ... 5 7 1 11 1 * 3 2 2 6 12 2 1 3 11 0 3 4 31 4 113 197 Puerperal and post-abort, sepsis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 6 Other maternal causes 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 *2 0 10 18 Premature birth 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 4 2 38 79 Congenital malformations, birth 15 62 133 injuries, infantile diseases ... 2 3 2 4 5 0 1 2 t 0 1 2 5 3 1 1 10 Suicide 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 16 36 Road traffic accidents ... 1 1 ' 1 1 0 ( 0 0 3 1 t 0 0 0 3 0 18 ] 46 Other violent causes 5 0 3 1 3 c 2 2 1 12 2 3 0 10 5 60 137 All other causes 27 17 17 33 15 27 3 2 10 9 22 8 12 5 39 5 11 5 62 22 351 680 All causes — — 258 134 71 180 49 152 64 21 80 119 150 47 52 57 399 37 86 59 556 194 27675662