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Hornsey 1936

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

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Table: Table B.CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH 1935 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).

Table B.CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH 1935 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).

Total.All Ages.0-11-22-55-1515-2525-3535-4545-5555-6565-7575 & over
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1.Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers2...2.........1......1............1...1........................1 2
2.Measles321......11......1.............................................3
3.Scarlet Fever11.....................................................................4
4.Whooping cough ...21i...1......1......1..........................................5
5.Diphtheria ...1.............................................1..................12...
6.Influenza1367............1........................1112211126
7.Encephalitis lethargica ...422..............................1.........1111............I
8.Cerebro.spinal fever11.....................................................................8
9Tuberculosis of respiratory system583622........................6279544413i12......9
10.Other tuberculous diseases5411...1......1..................1...1.....................10
11.Syphilis11...................................................1...............11
12.General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis431................................................2i1.........12
13.Cancer, malignant disease1818898..............................2...12151420332632191713
14.Diabetes19613............1.....................1......1...2242614
15.Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.521834..............................1...1...116831461015
16.Heart disease332137195..............................15...847282750465410216
17.Aneurysm1073..............................11......2......131......17
18.Other circulatory diseases652342........................1...............2...15817112018
19.Bronchitis331617.......................................131114481019
20.Pneumonia (all forms)583127331...1...11......12...234311254920
21.Other respiratory diseases817.............................................2............1521
22.Peptic ulcer1O82..............................11......1...1I3...2...22
23.Diarrhoea, etc.104635.......................................1............1...23
24Appendicitis1174..................11......1i............4...1......124
25.Cirrhosis of liver431...................................................11...1...25
26.Other diseases of liver, etc.1046.............................................2...1212226
27.Other digestive diseases3115162........................1............2...16413327
28.Acute and chronic nephritis351322.....................1......12......3i23352928
29.Puerperal sepsis1...1.................................1..............................29
30.Other puerperal causes2...2...........................1...1..............................30
31.Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.2513121212......1...................................................31
32.Senility241014................................................111i81232
33.Suicide954.................................2......3......22.........33
34.Other violence4217251...............2...42...?1...2213254ii34
35.Other defined diseases85444113......11121...424...1613951013535
36.Causes ill.defined or unknown.........................................................................36
...Totals1,152522"63d~23~243r626612—6~W3023...4949ioT110135149143224...
Special causes included in 35 above........................................................................
...Small.pox........................................................................
...Poliomyelitis........................................................................
...Polioencephalitis........................................................................