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Southgate 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table 1.

Causes of Death During the Year 1937.

Causes of Death.	Male.	Female.	Total.	Rates per 1,000 of Population.
All Causes (Civilians only)	346	370	716
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers	..	..	..		..
2 Measles	..	..	..	..
3 Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..
4 Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..
5 Diphtheria	..	..	..	..
6 Influenza	9	18	27	0.40
7 Encephalitis Lethargica	..	..	..	..
8 Cerebro-Spinal Fever	..	..	..	..
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System	17	8	25	0.37
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases	1	2	3	0.04
11 Syphilis	..	..	..	..
12 General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis	2	1	3	0.04
13 Cancer, Malignant Disease	59	66	125	1.85
14 Diabetes	4	6	10	0.15
15 Cerebral Hemorrhage, etc.	8	24	32	0.48
16 Heart Disease	99	103	202	3.00
17 Aneurysm	2	..	2	0.03
18 Other Circulatory Diseases	23	32	55	0.82
19 Bronchitis	10	11	21	0.31
20 Pneumonia (all forms)	19	21	40	0.59
21 Other Respiratory Diseases	4	2	6	0.08
22 Peptic Ulcer	5	3	8	0.12
23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)	1	3	4	0.06
24 Appendicitis	..	2	2	0.03
25 Cirrhosis of Liver	2	1	3	0.04
26 Other Diseases of Liver, etc.	1	2	3	0.04
27 Other Digestive Diseases	7	3	10	0.15
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis	5	7	12	0.18
29 Puerperal Sepsis	..	..	..
30 Other Puerperal Causes	..	3	3	0.04
31 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth and Malformation, etc.	10	9	19	0.28
32 Senility	1	2	3	0.04
33 Suicide	5	8	13	0.19
34 Other Violence	13	10	23	0.34
35 Other defined Diseases	39	23	62	0.92
36 Causes ill-defined or unknown	..	..	..
Totals	346	370	716	10.59