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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

Southgate 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: Table 1.Causes of Death During the Year 1935.

Table 1.

Causes of Death During the Year 1935.

Causes of Death.Male.Female.Total.Rates per 1,000 of population.
AU Causes (Civilians only)267294561
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers........
2 Measles........
3 Scarlet Fever........
4 Whooping Cough........
5 Diphtheria..110.02
6 Influenza4370.11
7 Encephalitis Lethargica..110.02
8 Cerebro-Spinal Fever........
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System1511260.41
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases1..10.02
11 Syphilis........
12 General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsal is4..40.06
13 Cancer, Malignant Disease2952811.28
14 Diabetes3580.13
15 Cerebral Hemorrhage, etc.810180.28
16 Heart Disease76971732.72
17 Aneurysm1..10.02
18 Other Circulatory Diseases..1821390.61
19 Bronchitis56110.17
20 Pneumonia (all forms)1810280.44
21 Other Respiratory Diseases2240.06
22 Peptic Ulcer5380.13
23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)1120.03
24 Appendicitis1340.06
25 Cirrhosis of Liver1..10.02
26 Other Diseases of Liver, etc.2240.06
27 Other Digestive Diseases88160.25
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis127190.30
29 Puerperal Sepsis..220.03
30 Other Puerperal Causes..110.02
31 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth and Malformation, etc.139220.35
32 Senility1340.06
33 Suicide5490.14
34 Other Violence1312250.39
35 Other defined Diseases2120410.65
36 Causes ill-defined or unknown........
Totals2672945618.84