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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 1942

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

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Table: TABLE B.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1942.

TABLE B.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1942.

Total.All Ages.0—11—32—56—1515—2525—3535—4545—5555-6665—7575—8585 & over
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers000........................................................................1
2. Cerebr-spinal fever000........................................................................2
3. Scarlet Fever000........................................................................3
4. Whooping cough000........................................................................4
5. Diphtheria000........................................................................5
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system502624............1...2...1417744441541.........6
7. Other forms of tuberculosis10461...11...113...1......1.................................7
8. Syphilitic diseases1284...........................1...3......1...1321.........8
9. Influenza642.............................................11...21......1...9
10. Measles000........................................................................10
11. Acute polio-myelitis and polio encephalitis000........................................................................11
12. Acute infectious encephalitis000........................................................................12
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males only)990..........................................2...2...5...............13
Cancer of uterus (females)10010.......................................1...2...3...3...1......
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum321913..........................................31955423......14
15. Cancer of breast26026.................................2...2...6...9...2...4...115
16. Cancer of all other sites1075453.................................13371120916146142116
17. Diabetes725.......................................1............1113......17
18. Intra cranial vascular lesions1154075..............................1.........37871121123051018
19. Heart disease25788] 69...........................1...4245815212444335293519
20. Other diseases of circ. system481632..........................................12118115151320
21. Bronchitis794633.............................................110516511159721
22. Pneumonia54302473.........1......2...1...1122745656...122
23 Other respiratory diseases131121.....................1.....................4...51...1......23
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum1165....................................1...1...211211......24
25. Diarrhœa, under 2 years2202.....................................................................25
26 Appendicitis303.........1.....................1...........................1......26
27. Other digestive diseases27111611......1............12......11...4223171127
28. Nephritis21912.......................................1142132241...28
29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis101.......................................1..............................29
30. Other maternal causes202.................................1...1..............................30
31. Premature birth19118118..................................................................31
32. Con. mal., birth injuries, infantile disease18117107....................................1...........................32
33. Suicide532.................................11...1.........11............33
34. Road traffic accidents1073..............................1...1112......4.........1...34
35. Other violent causes19118121......1......1.........1......12...21231...35
36. All other causes8444406............111...1221473427612134736
Totals1,057472585402122244458919222640569572124134951733466