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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 1929

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

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Table: TABLE B.-CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE NINE YEARS 1921-1929.

TABLE B.-CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE NINE YEARS 1921-1929.

CAUSES OF DEATH1929All Ages.
Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and over.All ages 1999.Registrar-General's returns.
19281927192619251924192319221921
All causesCertified...........................
Uncertified...........................
1Enteric Fever...........................111......1......1
2Small-pox.................................2
3Measles ... ............"7...8124313
4Scarlet Fever...........................21......11334
5Whooping Cough742...............131...3821725
6Diphtheria3...13............76611266136
7Influenza...1......1310183316541720221447247
8Encephalitis Lethargica..................112312321...38
9Meningococcal Meningitis1...............1...221..................9
10Tuberculosis of Respiratory System......12101627258605759485547607410
11Other Tuberculous Diseases123321211512787711131211
12Cancer, Malignant Disease......1......5587914813413814714314613614313612
13Rheumatic Fever.....................114223324513
14Diabetes..................45991971391014814
15Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc...............51978102494360685360546815
16Heart Disease11...129388713918820016016314112611612216
17Arterio-sclerosis...............1165269735541604644444017
18Bronchitis1...............2282105485847617155657218
19Pneumonia (all forms)12333472549106586055646768674619
20Other Respiratory Diseases...............1791710121016169202320
21Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum..................49215131297688421
22Diarrhcea (under 2 years)11..................223231531522
23Appendicitis...............33...6913669711723
24Cirrhosis of Liver..................1...148464661124
25Acute and Chronic Nephritis...1...1...6111035313131253532362425
26Puerperal Sepsis...........................212112...26
27Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition...............5......51323253427
38Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth30.....................30422731262938363428
29Suicide...............273121063341012121129
30Other Deaths from Violence.........2447122930236272022222130
31Other Defined Diseases101126143710117217316717117017519619018531
32Causes Ill-defined or Unknown.................................1...1.........32
Total6714121729863055981128100010099269569389281195968