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Southgate 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table 1.

Causes of Death During the Year 1933.

Causes of Death. Male.Female. Total.Rates per 1,000 of Population.
All Causes (Civilians only)268323591
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers........
2 Measles........
3 Scarlet Fever........
4 Whooping Cough1120.03
6 Diphtheria2..20 .03
6 Influenza1324370.59
7 Encephalitis Lethargica..110.02
8 Cerebro-Spinal Fever..110.02
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System138210.34
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases,,220.03
11 Syphilis2..20.03
12 General Paralysis of the insane.
Tabes Dorsal is1..10.02
13 Cancer, Malignant Disease ..3160911.45
14 Diabetes8190.14
15 Cerebral Hiemorrhage, etc.916250.40
16 Heart Disease65911562.49
17 Aneurysm1120.03
18 Other Circulatory Diseases..1415290.46
19 Bronchitis46100.16
20 Pneumonia (all forms)2710370.59
21 Other Respiratory Diseases4160.08
22 Peptic Ulcer4480.13
23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)........
24 Appendicitis3250.08
26 Cirrhosis of Liver1..10.02
26 Other Diseases of Liver, etc.1120.03
27 Other Digestive Diseases712190.30
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis106160.26
29 Puerperal Sepsis• •220.03
30 Other puerperal Causes........
31 Congenital Debility, Premature
Birth and Malformation, etc.113140.22
32 Senility28100.16
33 Suicide48120.19
34 Other Violence712190.30
35 Other defined Diseases2326490.79
36 Causes ill-defined or unknown••110.02
Totals2683235919.44