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Hornsey 1932

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

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Table: TABLE b.-CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, ??? AND ???

TABLE b.-CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, ??? AND ???

Total.All Ages.0-11—22—55—1515—2525-3535-4545—5555—6565-7575 & overAll Ages 1931
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers...........................................................................1......
2. Measles633......11...121..........................................2......
3. Scarlet Fever...........................................................................3...1
4. Whooping cough31211...1......................................................4...2
5. Diptheria4...4.........1.........2...........................1............523
6. Influenza311120..................1112122...21...1232106716
7. Encephalitis lethargica...........................................................................7...1
8. Cerebro-spinal fever1...1...............1................................................8......
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system542331........................35612772352...2......92131
10. Other tuberculous diseases936............1l...112.........11............1......1032
11. Syphilis...........................................................................1113
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis743.......................................1311......1......123...
13. Cancer, malignant disease1606694........................113...58217202326228231372107
14. Diabetes13310..........................................11......171214412
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.652540....................................2...23265181413151752
16. Heart disease290109181...........................2...63361117213954448416110150
17. Aneurysm541..........................................2...1...11......172...
18. Other circulatory diseases4624221.....................1.....................33961013182529
19. Bronchitis29218..........................................2...4...8276191515
20. Pneumonia (all forms)663234324............11...2...325244711312202840
21. Other respiratory diseases17981.......................................113141...52156
22. Peptic ulcer1183..............................1...1131111...1...2274
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)84433...1..........................................1.........2323
24 Appendicitis725.....................1...1...............11111......2434
25. Cirrhosis of liver752..........................................1...2l21......2421
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.431................................................1......12...2631
27. Other digestive diseases217141............l............1......1...1142324271010
28. Acute and chronic nephritis261214...1....................................21342355281915
29. Puerperal sepsis4...4.................................2...2........................29...2
30. Other puerperal causes2...2.................................2..............................30...3
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.3215171317............1...............1...........................312416
32. Senility341024......................................................2382132811
33. Suicide1192........................11113...1...2...1.........3392
34. Other violence41325181...1...1l243l4.........41423227341613
35. Other defined diseases91548472111...l1...1354o261157138129354441
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown...........................................................................36......
Totals11111866252625752671114182429292846568082130151121214462596
Special causes included in 35 above1,058
Small-pox
Poliomyelitis
Polioencephalitis