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 Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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TABLE II.
CAUSES OF DEATH DURING YEAR 1925.
Causes of Death. | Civil Residents all ages. | |
---|---|---|
M. | F. | |
All Causes. | 94 | 102 |
Enteric fever | ||
Small-pox | ||
Measles | ||
Scarlet fever | ||
Whooping cough | 1 | |
Diphtheria | ||
Influenza | 3 | 3 |
Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | 2 |
Meningococcal meningitis | ||
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 13 | 5 |
Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | 2 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 15 | 12 |
Rheumatic fever | 1 | 1 |
Diabetes | 1 | |
Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | 4 | 8 |
Heart disease | 16 | 17 |
Arterio-sclerosis | 5 | 7 |
Bronchitis | 3 | 9 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 4 | 8 |
Other respiratory diseases | 1 | 1 |
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 1 | 1 |
Diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years) | ||
Appendicitis and typhlitis | 1 | 1 |
Cirrhosis of liver | ||
Acute and chronic nephritis | 6 | 3 |
Puerperal sepsis | ||
Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | 1 | |
Congenital debility & malformation, premature birth | 3 | 3 |
Suicide | 4 | 1 |
Other deaths from violence | 2 | 1 |
Other defined diseases | 8 | 16 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown |