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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE C—CAUSES OP, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1931-1933 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).
| All Ages 1931 | All Ages 1932 | All Ages 1933 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2. | Measles | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| 3. | Scarlet Kever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4. | Whooping cough | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 6. | Influenza | 7 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
| 7. | Encephalitis lethargica | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| ...it. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 21 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 25 | 19 |
| 10. | Other tuberculous diseases | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
| 11. | Syphilis | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 12. | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Cancer, malignant disease | 72 | 107 | 66 | 94 | 75 | 96 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 4 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| 15. | Cerebral hemorrhage, etc | 17 | 52 | 25 | 40 | 23 | 28 |
| 16. | Heart disease | 110 | 150 | 109 | 181 | 117 | 163 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 18. | Other circulatory diseases | 25 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 31 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 15 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 18 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 28 | 40 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 46 |
| 21. | Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 22. | Peptic ulcer | 7 | 4 | 8 | s | 8 | 2 |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 26. | Other diseases of liver, etc. | 3 | 1 | 3 | I | 1 | 2 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 17 |
| 28. | Acute and chronio nephritis | 19 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| 29. | Puerperal sepsis | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 |
| 30. | Other puerperal causes | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 |
| 31. | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, eto. | 24 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 10 |
| 32 | Senility | 8 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 17 |
| 33. | Suicide | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| .14. | Other violence | 16 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 17 |
| 35. | Other defined diseases | 44 | 41 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 45 |
| 36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 462 | 596 | 486 | 625 | 501 | 601 | |
| Special causes included iu 35 above | 1,058 | 1,111 | 1,102 | ||||
| Small-pox | |||||||
| Poliomyelitis | |||||||
| Polioencephalitis | |||||||
A Table of causes, etc., of death under previous classification for 1921-30
appeared in Report for 1932.