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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE C—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1931-1938.
| All Ages 1931 | All Ages 1932 | All Ages 1933 | All Ages 1934 | All Ages 1935 | All Ages 1936 | All Ages 1937 | All Ages 1938 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid lever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 2. | Measles | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 4. | Whooping cough | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6. | Influenza | 7 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Encephalitis lethargica | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 9. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 21 | 31 | 23 | ... | 25 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 36 | 22 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 16 |
| 10 | Other tuberculous diseases | 3 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 7 | ... | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 11. | Syphilis | 1 | 3 | ... | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... |
| 12. | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 3 | ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | 6 | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Cancer, malignant disease | 72 | 107 | 66 | 94 | 75 | 96 | 64 | 112 | 78 | 92 | 83 | 98 | 82 | 97 | 73 | 86 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 4 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
| 15. | Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 17 | 52 | 25 | 40 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 34 | 17 | 33 | 20 | 32 |
| 16. | Heart disease | 110 | 150 | 109 | 181 | 117 | 163 | 111 | 174 | 103 | 168 | 137 | 195 | 153 | 154 | 144 | 204 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 18. | Other circulatory diseases | 25 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 31 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 42 | 24 | 35 | 25 | 38 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 15 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 10 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 28 | 40 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 46 | 34 | 39 | 29 | 37 | 31 | 27 | 43 | 37 | 24 | 39 |
| 21. | Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 22. | Peptic ulcer | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 26. | Other diseases of liver, etc. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| 28 | Acute and chronic nephritis | 19 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 18 |
| 29. | Puerperal sepsis | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 30. | Other puerperal causes | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 |
| 31. | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 24 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 13 |
| 32 | Senility | 8 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 10 | ... | 14 |
| 38. | Suicide | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 84. | Other violence | 16 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 21 |
| 35. | Other defined diseases | 44 | 41 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 45 | 53 | 34 | 45 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 48 | 48 | 36 | 59 |
| 36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Totals | 462 | 596 | 486 | 625 | 501 | 601 | 515 | 599 | 466 | 568 | 522 | 630 | 5 70 | 583 | 463 | 626 | |
| 1.058 | 1.111 | 1.102 | 1.114 | 1,034 | 1,152 | 1.153 | 1,089 | ||||||||||