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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
Ilford 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following is the Registrar General's Short Li'st of Deaths c.d Causes :—
TABLE II
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1936
| Causes of Death. | Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. j | 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 upwards. | ||
| ALL CAUSES | 1,291 | 96 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 32 | 69 | 79 | 111 | 216 | 294 | 336 | |
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Measles | 9 | 1 | 3 | ] | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Diphtheria | 5 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Influenza | 21 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 72 | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | — |
| 10 | Other tuberculous diseases | 10 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| l1 | Syphilis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 12 | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 13 | Cancer, malignant disease | 190 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 54 | 58 | 31 |
| 14 | Diabetes | 22 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 15 | Cerebral haemorrhage, etc | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 20 |
| 16 | Heart disease | 338 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 53 | 106 | 132 |
| 17 | Aneurysm | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 18 | Other circulatory diseases | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 20 |
| 19 | Bronchitis | 40 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 20 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 58 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 21 | Other respiratory diseases | 17 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 22 | Peptic ulcer | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 23 | Diarrhoea, etc. | 17 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 24 | Appendicitis | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 26 | Cirrhosis of liver | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 26 | Other diseases of liver, etc | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 23 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 28 | Acute and chronic nephritis | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 29 | Puerperal sepsis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Other puerperal causes | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc | 66 | 65 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Senility | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 44 |
| 33 | Suicide | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | — |
| 34 | Other violence | 44 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| 35 | Other defined diseases | 107 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
| 36 | Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) :— | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |