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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: TableI .Causes of Death During the Year 1936.

TableI .

Causes of Death During the Year 1936.

Causes of Death.Male.Female.Total.Rates per 1,000 of Population.
All Causes (Civilians only)334297631
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers2-20.03
2 Measles..110.01
3 Scarlet Fever........
4 Whooping Cough........
5 Diphtheria2130.05
6 Influenza75120.18
7 Encephalitis Lethargica1..10.01
8 Cerebro-Spinal Fever........
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System1518330.51
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases1340.06
11 Syphilis1..10.01
12 General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis3140.06
13 Cancer, Malignant Disease49541031.58
14 Diabetes2460.09
15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.920290.44
16 Heart Disease108781862.85
17 Aneurysm..110.01
18 Other Circulatory Diseases1919380.58
19 Bronchitis87150.23
20 Pneumonia (all forms)1625410.63
21 Other Respiratory Diseases7..70.11
22 Peptic Ulcer5..50.08
23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)1..10.01
24 Appendicitis5270.11
25 Cirrhosis of Liver3..30.05
26 Other Diseases of Liver, etc.5..50.08
27 Other Digestive Diseases47110.17
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis116170.26
29 Puerperal Sepsis........
30 Other Puerperal Causes....10.01
31 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth and Malformation, etc.106160.25
32 Senility330.05
33 Suicide2240.06
34 Other Violence99180.28
35 Other defined Diseases2924530.81
36 Causes ill-defined or unknown........
Totals3342976319.66