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Hornsey 1934

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

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Table: TABLE B:- CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1934 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).

TABLE B:- CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1934 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).

Total.All ages.0—11—22—55—1515—2525—3535—4545—55S5 —6565—7576 & over
1 MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers...........................................................................1
2. Measles51 41......2...2..........................................1......2
3.Scarlet Fever211..................1.............................................3
4.Whooping cough21111............................................................4
5.Diphtheria422............1...12.......................................5
6. Influenza853..........................................3...11...2......6
7. Encephalitis lethargica11.............................................1.....................7
8. Cerebro-spiual fever11.........1............................................................8
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system592732..................1...5...385575333.........9
10. Other tuberculous diseases77...............1.........2...1...1...............2.........10
11. Syphilis1...1...1............................................................11
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis66.............................................2.........1.........12
13. Cancer, malignant disease17664112.................................4...541524331827122813
14. Diabetes1367................................................1153...314
15. Cerebral hsBmorrhage, etc.582335..........................................45475891515
16. Heart disease285111174..................l...2......3...1107182435634375lfi
17. Aneurysm3...3.............................................1.........2......17
18. Other circulatory diseases743143..........................................4...4898132718
19. Bronchitis301416..........................................1...33367719
20. Pneumonia (all forms )7334393122.........1......4......442865861520
21 Other respiratory diseases862..................1.........2.........1.........1...1221
22. Peptic ulcer13112........................1..................15...411...22
23. Diarrhoea, etc5412.......................................1..................123
24 Appendicitis82b...............11l............2.........1.........2......24
25. Cirrhosis of liver651..........................................111...3.........25
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.734..........................................1.........22...226
27. Other digestive diseases...15131...............l...2......4......3...46311327
28. Acute and chronic nephritis27189..................l1......1......12...22446128
29. Puerperal sepsis2...2.................................2..............................29
30. Other puerperal causes1...1.................................1..............................30
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.2814141413...1......................................................31
32. Senility24816............................................................81632
33. Suicide20146..............................222...63212.........33
34. Other violence422418...11.........21126...11414...233934
35. Other defined diseaees8753342...1...1...121132147610711715535
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown...........................................................................36
Total1,11451559923177362117141524282621664894 |101118148126209
Special causes included in 35 above
Small-pox
Poliomyelitis
Polioencephalitis