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Hornsey 1940

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

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Table: TABLE B.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1940.

TABLE B.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1940.

Total.All Ages.0—1l—22—55—1515—2525—3535—4545—5555—6565—7575—8585 & over
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1.Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers000........................................................................1
2.Cerebrospinal fever312......................................................2............2
3.Scarlet Fever000........................................................................3
4.Whooping cough000........................................................................4
5.Diphtheria101........................................................................5
6.Tuberculosis of respiratory system422418........................624336624112...1......6
7.Other forms of tuberculosis752........................1......12...............l1............7
8.Syphilitic diseases963..........................................213...l......1......8
9.Influenza1156.................................1...21...21......11...19
10.Measles000........................................................................10
11.Acute polio-myelitis and polioencephalitis000........................................................................11
12.Acute infectious encephalitis000........................................................................12
13.Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)13130..........................................1...2...9...1.........13
Cancer of uterus (females)12012.................................1.........4...2...5...............
14.Cancer of stomach and duodenum291514.......................................121237543...114
15.Cancer of breast25025.......................................1...6...9...6...2...115
16.Cancer of all other sites1004258........................11......26399141914692416
17.Diabetes1156...........................1..................112123......17
18.Intra cranial vascular lesions944054....................................1......314814179202618
19.Heart disease280121159........................1...211375251342443360103319
20.Other diseases of circ. system25520.......................................1...2...116341620
21.Bronchitis7143281...............1.........1l2...2...10212710114721
22.Pneumonia9752458...........................11...45114711109143122
23Other respiratory diseases12751.................................1...1...1132...1...123
24.Ulcer of stomach or duodenum16106..........................................2...433211......24
25.Diarrhoea, under 2 years303........................................................................25
26Appendicitis321..........................................1...1......1............26
27.Other digestivediseas.es2612141...........................12.........21156...3......27
28.Nephritis281513..............................2122116224...2...128
29.Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis202.................................1....................................29
30.Other maternal causes101.................................1....................................30
31.Premature birth125757..................................................................31
12.Con. mal., birth injuries, infantile disease103737..................................................................32
33.Suicide972..............................1...11211...2...............33
34.Road traffic accidents21147........................1.........32231...323...1...34
35.Other violent causes12464602...............246311999641111765113125
36.All other causes7229431......1.........11112133934739113836

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