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Hornsey 1940

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

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TABLE C.-CAUSES OF AND AT DEATH, 1931-1939

All Ages 1931All Ages 1932All Ages 1933All Ages 1934All Ages 1935All Ages 1936All Ages 1937All Ages 1938All Ages 1939
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1.Typhoid and paratyphoid lever........................1......2.........101
2.Measles......33......411...21...13300
3Scarlet Fever...1............11......1......1......00
4.Whooping cough2122111......11211320
5.Diphtheria23...41122...1...1...11340
6.Influenza71611202025537867172345413
7.Encephalitis lethargica...1......121...1...22......1...10
8.Cerebro-spinal fever.........1......1.........1...............11
9.Tuberculosis of respiratory system213123...2519273227273622271621162922
10.Other tuberculous diseases323311197...6841927712
11Syphilis13...6...1...13...1...3...2...21
12.General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis3...434...6...4...31513100
13Cancer, malignant disease72107669475966411278928398829773867787
14Diabetes41231081467511613610512713
15.Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc.175225402328233512241834173320322432
16.Heart disease110150109181117163111174103168137195153154144204140189
17.Aneurysm2...4123...34173523231
18.Other circulatory diseases252924222231314324212342243525383126
19Bronchitis1515218111814161314161711181010710
20.Pneumonia (all forms)284032343446343929373127433724393219
21.Other respiratory diseases569833626217863132
22.Peptic ulcer74838211211482118124123
23Diarrhoea, etc.2344464113346845204
24.Appendicitis342562262574727549
25.Cirrhosis of liver21521510331112120
26.Other diseases of liver, etc.313112341346122522
27.Other digestive diseases1010714101715131112151651091145
28.Acute and chronic nephritis191512141314189161613221721818718
29.Puerperal sepsis...2...4...1...2...2...1...1......00
30.Other puerperal causes...3...2...3...1...1...2...2...301
31.Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc24161517171014141813131225161213128
32Senility81110245178165161014510...1436
33.Suicide9292124146475413877115
34Other violence161325182217241815221725171113212017
35.Other defined diseases444148474145533445464441484836593834
36.Causes ill-defined or unknown............1......11.........1......00
Totals462596486625501601515599466568522630570583463626483531
1,0581,1111,1021,1141,0341,1521,1531,0891,014