Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table IV.
Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1939.
2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | |
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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 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 years and over. | |
Typhoid, etc | ||||||||||||
Measles | ||||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||||
Whooping Cough | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Influenza | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | ||||||||
Encephalitis Lethargica | ||||||||||||
Cerebro—Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 26 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Syphilis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
General Paralysis of Insane | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 29 | 19 |
Diabetes | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
Heart Disease | 186 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 47 | 75 |
Aneurysm | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Bronchitis | 14 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 35 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Appendicitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
3 | 1 | — | ||||||||||
Other Diseases of Liver | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Other Digestive Diseases | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 19 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Other Puerperal Causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Congenital Debility, etc. | 15 | 14 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | |
Suicide | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
Other Violence | 15 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Other Defined Causes | 48 | 1 | — | —— | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 9 |
Causes ill—defined | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 594 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 52 | 120 | 131 | 190 |