Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The principal causes of death are summarised in the following
lists:—
The following diseases caused more deaths in 1911 than in 1910:—
Disease | No. of Deaths in 1911. | No. of Deaths iti 1910. | Increase |
---|---|---|---|
Diarrhoea | 36 | l | 35 |
Measles | 20 | l | 19 |
Cancer | . 103 | 88 | 15 |
Phthisis | 55 | 41 | 14 |
Bright's Disease | 27 | 19 | 8 |
Dentition and Convulsions | 11 | 4 | 7 |
Meningitis | 12 | 6 | 6 |
Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Live | 16 | 10 | 6 |
Forms of Tuberculosis other tha Phthisis | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Whooping Cough | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Fatty Degeneration of the Heart | 14 | 9 | 5 |
Diabetes | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Softening of the Brain | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Premature Birth | 28 | 26 | 2 |
The following diseases caused fewer deaths in 1911 than in 1910: — | |||
Disease. | No. of Deaths in 1811. | No. of Demths in 1910. | Decrease |
Heart Disease | 41 | 58 | 17 |
Infantile Atrophy and Debility | 10 | 23 | 13 |
Pneumonia and Bronchitis | 89 | 100 | 11 |
Apoplexy | 43 | 49 | 6 |
Certain Diseases of Stomach and | |||
Intestines | 18 | 30 | 12 |
Embolism, Thrombosis | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Angina Pectoris | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Diphtheria | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Influenza | 13 | 16 | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | 3 |
The principal increases in the number of deaths from particular
diseases are from Infectious disease in three instances, viz.,