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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

Hornsey 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table:

1928All Ages.
CAUSES OF DEATHUnder 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 45 years.45 and under 65 years65 years and over.All ages 1928Registrar-General's returns.
1927192819251924192319221921
All causes Certified7186282498266492995
Uncertified2........................
1 Enteric Fever..................1...111......1......1
2 Small-pox........................0.....................2
3 Measles32...1............6...8124313
4 Scarlet Fever......11............21......11334
5 Whooping Cough...1..................1...3821725
6 Diphtheria2...13............6611266136
7 Influenza............147315541720221447247
8 Encephalitis Lethargica............1...2...312321...38
9 Meningococcal Meningitis11..................21..................9
10 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System.........1727213595759485547607410
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases...134...11...10787711131211
12 Cancer, Malignant Disease.........1...10586313213814714314613614313612
13 Rheumatic Fever...............2......2223324513
14 Diabetes...............11681971391014814
15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc...............3644534360685360546815
16 Heart Disease.........3363913318420016016314112611612216
17 Arteriosclerosis..................2055755541604644444017
18 Bronchitis...1............844535847617155657218
19 Pneumonia (all forms)81...23101620606055646768674619
20 Other Respiratory Diseases...............1438121016169202320
21 Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum...............184131297688421
22 Diarrhoea (under 2 years)3.....................33231531522
23 Appendicitis.........3...4321213669711723
24 Cirrhosis of Liver..................3...38464681124
25 Acute and Chronic Nephritis............121314303131253532362425
26 Puerperal Sepsis...............2......212...112...26
27 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition............1.........1323253427
28 Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth45.....................452731262938363428
29 Suicide...............1641163341012121129
30 Other Deaths from Violence1......2646928236272022222130
31 Other Defined Diseases10117119438516716717117017519619018531
32 Causes Ill-defined or Unknown..............................1...1.........32
Total73862824982664929951009926956938928995968