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Hornsey 1933

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

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Table: TABLE B.-CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT, DEATH,1933 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).

TABLE B.-CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT, DEATH,1933 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).

Total.All Ages.0—l1-22-55-1515—2525—3535-4545-5555—6565—7576 & over
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers...........................................................................1
2. Measles...........................................................................2
3. Scarlet Fever...........................................................................3
4. Whooping cough321......1...11................................................4
5. Diphtheria211...............11.............................................5
6. Influenza4520252...............1......1...1......5334...7796
7. Encephalitis lethargica312...........................1........................1......17
8. Cerebrospinal fever...........................................................................8
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system442519........................445452633312119
10. Other tuberculous diseases201191...211......11223111......11.........10
11. Syphilis1...1...1............................................................11
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis44.................................1...1.........1...1.........12
13, Cancer, malignant disease1717596.................................241091623242020192413
14. Diabetes22814..............................1......3.........3572114
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.512328....................................11314291161315
16. Heart disease280117163...........................2...2247524274435388816
17. Aneurysm523..............................................1...22.........17
18. Other circulatory diseases532231..........................................3...2279102018
19. Bronchitis311318..............................1.........21......3661119
20. Pneumonia (all forms)8034464...1......2.........12221437791151920
21. Other respiratory diseases633..............................2...1......1.........1...121
22. Peptic ulcer1082.............................................14...212...22
23. Diarrhoea, etc.1046321..................1...1...1.....................123
24 Appendicitis862............1.....................1...1...31...1......24
25. Cirrhosis of liver11...................................................1...............25
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.312....................................1..................2......26
27. Other digestive diseases271017.........11............11...1...441413...327
28. Acute and chronic nephritis271314..........................................2422475128
29. Puerperal sepsis1...1.................................1..............................29
30. Other puerperal causes3...3.................................2...1........................30
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.2717101710............................................................31
32. Senility22517.........................................................151632
33. Suicide16124........................111...115...42............33
34. Other violence392217111.........1...2...4...121221534834
35. Other defined diseases86414521............l431223414891010111035
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown1...1...............................................................136
Totals1102501601301562447613152220273054509294125137121228
Special causes included in 35 above
Small pox
Poliomyelitis
Polioencephalitis