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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

Tottenham 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: Table of Deaths during the Year 1939 in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases.

Table of Deaths during the Year 1939 in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Diseases.

Cause of Death.MalesFemalesTotals
Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers.
Measles.—--
Scarlet Fever.-—-
Whooping Cough.1213
Diphtheria.-11
Influenza.6612
Encephalitis Lethargica.-11
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.-11
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System.553691
Other Tuberculous Diseases.639
Syphilis .1-1
General Paralysis of the Insane Tabes Dorsalis527
Cancer, Malignant Disease.11693209
Diabetes.4610
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.363571
Heart Disease,195244439
Aneurysm.---
Other Circulatory Diseases.295261
Bronchitis . :514596
Pneumonia (all forms).425193
Other respiratory diseases.6410
Peptic Ulcer.---
Diarrhoea, etc.213
Appendicitis .-22
Cirrhosis of Liver, etc.112
Other Diseases of Liver etc.213
Other Digestive Diseases.241943
Acute and Chronic Nephritis.271845
Puerperal Sepsis.—11
Other Pue rpe ra 1 Caus es ,-33
Congenital Debility, Premature B irth, Ma 1 f o rma t ions .191534
Senility.10818
Suicide.10717
Other Violence.382563
Other Defined Diseases.292857
Causes ill-defined or unknown.
7166901406.