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Hornsey 1931

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

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TABLE B.-CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT.DEATH .1931

All Agse???5—1515--2525-3536-4545-5665-7575&over
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1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers........................................................................1
2. Measles........................................................................2
3. Scarlet Fever...1..................................................................3
4. Whooping cough...2..................................................................4
5. Diphtheria23.................................5.........133...2385
6. Influenza716..................................................................6
7. Encephalitis Iethargica...1..................................................................7
8. Cerebro spinal fever...................................................112...11...18
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system2131........................244.........81...3............9
10. Other tuberculous diseases32........................2.......................................10
11. Syphilis131..............................1...............1............11
12. General paralysis of the insane,3...................................................2...121...3312
13. Cancer, malignant disease72107............1............1...429...14242528511313
14. Diabetes412.......................................1...13213...3014
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.1752..........................................233933798015
16. Heart disease110150........................1...152381122...37...38...16
17. Aneurysm2.................................1..................51481817
18. Other circulatory diseases2529.............................................2818510918
19. Bronchitis1515................................................332641619
20. Pneumonia (all forms'284016122..................14...641273......20
21. Other respiratory diseases56.........1........................1...1...1...1...2321
22. Peptic ulcer74.......................................1......1...2.........22
23. Diarrhoea, etc.2311...........................2...............1............23
24 Appendicitis34............1..................1......12......11......24
25. Cirrhosis of liver21....................................1...............1.........25
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.31....................................1......111152326
27. Other digestive diseases1010l...........................1.........1123543527
28. Acute and chronic nephritis1915..............................2.........435...............28
29. Puerperal sepsis...2.................................1...1........................29
30. Other puerperal causes...3.................................3..............................30
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.24162416......................................................81131
32. Senility811......................................................11......32
33. Suicide92..............................14...2...11143433
34. Other violence16132...........................11......132113412734
35. Other defined diseases444124......1............334275357............35
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown........................................................................36
Totals46259632281552681081532232649629281116113113231
Special causes included in 35 above
Small-pox
Poliomyelitis
Polioencephalitis