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Hornsey 1938

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

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TotalMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers101.................................l..............................l
2. Measles633......13l...1.............................................2
3. Scarlet Fever000...............................................................3
4. Whooping cough413...21.........................................................4
5. Diphtheria413..................13.......................................5
6. Influenza945........................1............111...14......6
7. Encephalitis lethargica110..............................1..............................7
8. Cerebrospinal fever000..................................................................8
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system372116..................1...312574433211......9
10. Other tuberculous diseases1477...11...111111.........21......11...110
11. Syphilis220.......................................1...1...............1 1
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis431.................................1...111...............12
13. Cancer, malignant disease1597386.................................2...51417193025...2413
14. Diabetes17512....................................4...2223319314
15. Cerebral hemorrhage, etc.522032...........................1......12246710...1315
16. Heart disease348144204....................................11014182542457117I6
17. Aneurysm532...........................141111...22......69...17
18. Other circulatory diseases632538..........................................26249...2518
19. Bronchitis .. .........201010......1....................................3...1215819
20. Pneumonia (all forms)6324392411...11...1...13...16434673l320
21 Other respiratory diseases431...........................1.........2...............5121
22. Peptic ulcer16124.......................................6...41111122
23. Diarrhoea, etc.7524..............................11...1......1.........123
24 Appendicitis1275.............................................2211......24
25. Cirrhosis of liver321........................311...1.........12.........25
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.725..........................................1...1...3......26
27. Other digestive diseases20911....................................1...422......31227
28. Acute and chronic nephritis26818.....................1.........33...153423...428
29. Puerperal sepsis000...........................1......11..................1...29
30. Other puerperal causes303.................................2..............................30
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.251213] 113......1........................i........................31
32. Senility14014...............................................................1432
33. Suicide1477..............................2...1213122.........33
34. Other violence3413211...............1...1121112...211421334
35. Other defined diseases9536591.........1......214122434681020111535
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown000..................................................................36
Totals1,089463626192055426711121419212253598183115142134255
Sp«cial causes included in 35 above Small pox Poliomyelitis Polioencephalitis