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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hornsey 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: The following table shews the diseases which caused fewer deaths in 1908 as compared with 1907, and the gain in each case:

The following table shews the diseases which caused fewer deaths in 1908 as compared with 1907, and the gain in each case:

19081907.Decrease
Bronchitis and Pneumonia8911526
Bright's Disease223311
Premature Birth20244
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver19234
Whooping Cough11198
Forms of Tuberculosis other than Phthisis16193
Aocident14184
Enteritis41511
Paraplegia and Hemiplegia9134
Meningitis3118
General Paralysis of Insane and other Forms of Insanity6104
Debility at Birth and Congenital Defects9101
Scarlet Fever341
Enteric Fever242

Table: The following diseases caused more deaths than in 1907, and the increased loss is given in each case:—

The following diseases caused more deaths than in 1907, and the increased loss is given in each case:—

1908.1907.Increase
Cancer84768
Heart Disease837112
Old Age695514
Phthisis53503
Apoplexy39336
Epidemic Influenza26251
Want of Breast Milk, Marasmus and Convulsions17152
Ulcer and other diseases of Stomach 14113
Diabetes Mellitus1091
Measles1257
Suicide16412
Epidemic Enteritis936
Softening of Brain927

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Tuberculosis.—The deaths from Tuberculosis of the Lung
numbered 53, three more than in the previous year, and two more
than the yearly average for the preceding five years.