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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

Hayes and Harlington 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1934.

CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1934.

Causes of Death.Males.Females.
All Causes113104
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers--
2. Measles21
3. Scarlet Fever——
4. Whooping Cough——
5. Diphtheria11
6. Influenza1—
7. Encephalitis Lethargica——
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever1—
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system812
10. Other tuberculous diseases21
11. Syphilis——
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis——
13. Cancer, malignant disease1616
14. Diabetes12
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.17
16. Heart disease2015
17. Aneurysm——
18. Other circulatory diseases42
19. Bronchitis33
20. Pneumonia (all forms)47
21. Other respiratory diseases——
22. Peptic ulcer1—
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)1—
24. Appendicitis2—
25. Cirrhosis of liver——
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.—1
27. Other digestive diseases42
28. Acute and chronic nephritis42
29. Puerperal sepsis—4
30. Other puerperal causes—_
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.811
32. Senility24
33. Suicide—1
34. Other violence104
35. Other defined diseases178
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown——
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above):—
Smallpox——
Poliomyelitis——
Polioencephalitis——
Deaths of Infants under 1 yearTotal1615
Legitimate1613
Illegitimate—2
Live BirthsTotal310283
Legitimate304274
.Illegitimate69
StillbirthsTotal109
Legitimate99
Illegitimate1—

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Population (Mid-Year) 29,721
(Figures furnished bi/ the Registrar-General.)