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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
Bexley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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DEATHS IN ACE CROUPS IN 1937.
These relate to deaths occurring in 1937, hut not necessarily registered in that year.
| Short List of Causes of Death in use in General Register Office. | Totals | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 30 | 30 to 35 | 35 to 40 | 40 to 45 | 45 to 50 | 50 to 55 | 55 to 60 | 60 to 65 | 65 to 70 | 70 to 75 | 75 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES. | 646 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 40 | 58 | 43 | 59 | 75 | 59 |
| 1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Measles | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Diphtheria | 3 | I | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 Influenza | 7 | I | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 Encephalitis Lethargica . | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 Other Tuberculosis Diseases | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 Syphilis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Cancer, Malignant Disease | 8.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 11 | '4 | ||||||||||
| 14 Diabetes | 7 | I | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 25 | I | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 16 Heart Disease | QZ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | b | 7 | 15 | 12 | 37 | |||||||
| 17 Aneurysm | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 Other Circulatory Diseases | 82 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 19 Bronchitis | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 |