Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE C.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1932-1936.
All Ages 1932 | All Ages 1933 | All Ages 1934 | All Ages 1935 | All Ages 1936 | ||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
2. Measles | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 |
3. Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
4. Whooping cough | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
5. Diphtheria | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
6. Influenza | 11 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
7. Encephalitis lethargica | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 |
8. Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 23 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 36 | 22 |
10. Other tuberculous diseases | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | ... | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
11. Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... |
12. General paralysis of the insane, | ||||||||||
tabes dorsalis | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | 6 | ... | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 |
13. Cancer, malignant disease | 66 | 94 | 75 | 96 | 64 | 112 | 78 | 92 | 83 | 98 |
14. Diabetes | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 13 |
15. Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | 25 | 40 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 34 |
16.Heart disease | 109 | 181 | 117 | 163 | 111 | 174 | 103 | 168 | 137 | 195 |
17. Aneurysm | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 24 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 31 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 42 |
19. Bronchitis | 21 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 32 | 34 | 34 | 46 | 34 | 39 | 29 | 37 | 31 | 27 |
21. Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
22. Peptic ulcer | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
23. Diarrhoea, etc. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
24. Appendicitis | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 7 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 |
28 Acute and chronic nephritis | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 22 |
29. Puerperal sepsis | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 |
30. Other puerperal causes | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
31. Congenital debility, premature | ||||||||||
32 birth, malformations, etc. | 15 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
32. Senility | 10 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 14 |
33. Suicide | 9 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
34.Other violence | 25 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 25 |
35. Other defined diseases | 48 | 47 | 41 | 45 | 53 | 34 | 45 | 46 | 44 | 41 |
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Totals | 486 | 625 | 501 | 601 | 515 | 599 | 466 | 568 | 522 | 630 |
Special causes included in 35 above | 1,111 | 1,102 | 1,114 | 1,034 | 1,152 | |||||
Small-pox | ||||||||||
Poliomyelitis | ||||||||||
Polioencepha itis | ||||||||||
A Table of causes, etc., of death under previous classification for 1921-30 appeared in Report for 1932. |