[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Death at all Ages in each District during the Year 1910. RURAL DISTRICTS. CAUSES OF DEATH. Axbridge. X o < X H < m Bridgwater. Chard. Clutton. Dulverton. Frome. Langport. Long Ashton Shepton Mallet. Taunton. Wellington. Wells. WlLLITON. WlNCANTON. Yeovil. Total Rural Districts. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cerebro spinal fever 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 Scarlet fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Whooping cough 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Diphtheria 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Tuberculosis of respir. system.. 6 5 15 4 4 0 6 4 9 3 6 2 1 7 6 5 83 Other forms of tuberculosis ... 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 23 Syphilitic diseases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 Influenza 6 5 2 11 6 2 3 4 5 7 10 1 2 3 15 9 91 Measles Acute poliomyelitis and polio- 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 encephalitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Acute inf. encephalitis Cancer of hue. cavity & oe soph. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 « 0 0 0 1 3 (M), uterus (F) 2 2 1 3 6 2 2 4 4 3 6 1 2 3 8 5 54 Cancer of stomach & duodenum 9 6 s 8 10 1 2 7 11 3 7 1 2 4 4 7 90 Cancer of breast 4 7 3 2 2 2 6 5 4 3 5 1 1 4 4 3 56 Cancer of all other sites 17 25 14 17 10 4 6 9 29 10 20 11 8 6 32 14 232 Diabetes 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 3 3 27 Intra-cranial vascular lesions ... 31 32 34 18 32 4 7 15 27 15 34 17 10 26 30 21 353 Heart disease 107 69 76 39 67 18 55 58 57 32 55 22 49 43 40 52 839 Other diseases of circ. system..: 5 6 4 4 9 3 4 4 8 5 5 3 1 9 10 11 91 Bronchitis 17 19 27 16 22 6 10 7 18 9 25 6 y 19 23 31 264 Pneumonia 10 11 11 6 10 0 8 5 12 6 11 2 6 6 11 9 124 Other respiratory disease 5 7 4 1 5 0 1 3 9 2 6 2 0 3 4 7 59 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 4 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 6 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 30 Diarrhoea, under 2 years 1 0 0 0 o 4m 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 Appendicitis 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 14 Other digestive diseases 16 3 5 1 4 0 3 8 7 9 9 5 3 9 5 8 95 Nephritis 14 17 11 2 7 0 2 14 10 9 10 2 8 4 15 5 130 Puerperal and post-abort, sepsis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Other maternal causes 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 Premature birth Congenital malformations, birth 7 6 1 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 1 3 2 2 1 4 40 injuries, infantile diseases ... 6 6 5 5 7 1 1 4 6 4 4 2 0 2 3 7 63 Suicide 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 23 Road traffic accidents ... 4 3 7 2 4 1 4 2 6 1 3 0 2 2 4 0 45 Other violent causes 21 7 10 2 10 1 3 4 9 6 10 5 2 3 6 12 111 All other causes 41 29 41 34 17 10 18 20 34 13 31 19 14 38 28 43 430 All causes . 348 276 287 183 245 58 155 187 2S9 151 263 113 128 206 263 267 3419