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 OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1931-1934 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).
All Ages 1931 | All Ages 1932 | All Ages 1933 | All Ages 1934 | |||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2. Measles | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 |
3. Scarlet Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
4. Whooping cough | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
5. Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
6. Influenza | 7 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 |
7. Encephalitis lethargica | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... |
8. Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 21 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 32 |
10. Other tuberculous diseases | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | ... |
11. Syphilis | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 3 | ... | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | 6 | ... |
13. Cancer, malignant disease | 72 | 107 | 66 | 94 | 75 | 96 | 64 | 112 |
14. Diabetes | 4 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 7 |
15. Cerebral hemorrhage, etc. | 17 | 52 | 25 | 40 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 35 |
16. Heart disease | 110 | 150 | 109 | 181 | 117 | 163 | 111 | 174 |
17. Aneurysm | 2 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 25 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 31 | 43 |
19. Bronchitis | 15 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 16 |
20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 28 | 40 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 46 | 34 | 39 |
21. Other resniratory diseases | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
21. Peptic ulcer | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
23. Diarrhœa, etc. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
24. Appendicitis | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 |
26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
28. Acute and chronic nephritis | 19 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 9 |
29. Puerperal sepsis | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
30. Other Puerperal causes | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 |
31. Congenital debility, Premature birth, malformation, etc. | 24 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 14 |
32. Senility | 8 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 16 |
33. Suicide | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 6 |
34. Other violence | 16 | 13 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 18 |
35. Other defined disease | 44 | 41 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 45 | 53 | 34 |
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Totals | 462 | 596 | 486 | 625 | 501 | 601 | 515 | 699 |
Special causes included in 35 above | 1,058 | 1 1,111 | 1,102 | 1,114 | ||||
Small-Pox | ||||||||
Poliomyelitis | ||||||||
Polioencephalitis |
A Table of causes, etc., of death under previous classification for 1921-30
appeared in Report for 1932.