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 Walthamstow]
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The main causes of death during the past five years were as follows: —
Year. | Heart Disease. | Cancer. | Pneumonia. | Respiratory Tuberculosis. | Cerebral Hæmorahage. | Congenital Debility, etc. | Bronchitis. | Nephritis. | Violence. | Arterio Sclerosis. | Measles. | Diphtheria. | Gastric and j Duodenal Ulcer. | Diabetes. | Suicide. | Whooping Cough. | Influenza. |
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1930 | 224 | 167 | 81 | 80 | 51 | 45 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 12 |
1929 | 269 | 165 | 121 | 99 | 78 | 36 | 97 | 33 | 51 | 37 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 74 |
1928 | 222 | 167 | 100 | 94 | 79 | 31 | 72 | 65 | 56 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
1927 | 183 | 185 | 131 | 94 | 66 | 52 | 96 | 52 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 37 |
1926 | 183 | 135 | 83 | 97 | 69 | 51 | 81 | 43 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 12 |