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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
Wood Green 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Causes of, and ages at death during the year 1920, in the Urban Sanitary District of Wood Green.
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 44 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 12 | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 42 | 30 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Organic Heart Disease | 71 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 24 | 38 |
| Bronchitis | 47 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 32 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years) | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| Alcoholism | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parturition, apart from Puer | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| peral Fever Congenital Delility, etc. | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Violence, apart from Suicide . | 11 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Suicide | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Other Defined Diseases' | 129 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 73 | |
| Causes Ill-defined or Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 509 | 56 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 138 | 192 |