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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: Table III.Causes of Death during the year 1933.

Table III.

Causes of Death during the year 1933.

Causes of Death.Male.Female.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers--
Measles——
Scarlet Fever—-
Whooping Cough—1
Diphtheria1—
Influenza1011
Encephalitis Lethargica——
Cerebro-spinal Fever—-
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System206
Other Tuberculous Diseases15
Syphilis——
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis11
Cancer, Malignant Disease3138
Diabetes41
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.1015
Heart Disease70105
Aneurysm21
Other Circulatory Diseases1411
Bronchitis66
Pneumonia (all forms)1124
Other Respiratory Diseases22
Peptic Ulcer91
Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years)——
Appendicitis2—
Cirrhosis of Liver1—
Other Diseases of Liver, etc.-2
Other Digestive Diseases77
Acute and Chronic Nephritis107
Puerperal Sepsis—1
Other Puerperal Causes——
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc.1610
Senility36
Suicide61
Other Violence166
Other Defined Diseases2321
Causes ill-defined or unknown——
Totals276289