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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

Erith 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table: Table showing Summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1935.

Table showing Summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1935.

Cause of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
1 Typhoid Fever, etc.———
2 Measles———
3 Scarlet Fever—11
4 Whooping Cough———
5 Diphtheria—11
6 Influenza2—2
7 Encephalitis Lethargica1—1
8 Cerebro-spinal fever———
9 Respiratory Tuberculosis151429
10 Other Tuberculosis123
11 Syphilis4—4
i2 General paralysis of insane, etc.2—2
13 Cancer263157
14 Diabetes325
15 Cerebral haemorrhage8412
16 Heart diseast4956105
17 Aneurysm———
18 Other circulatory diseases111122
19 Bronchitis358
20 Pneumonia6713
21 Other respiratory diseases224
22 Peptic ulcer224
23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)325
24 Appendicitis2—2
25 Cirrhosis of liver1—1
26 Other liver diseases—11
27 Other digestive diseases7310
28 Nephritis617
29 Puerperal sepsis———
30 Other puerperal causes—22
31 Congenital causes, etc.7310
32 Senility1—1
33 Suicide112
34 Other violence8513
35 Other defined causes231033
36 Ill-defined causes———
Total All Causes194166360