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Hornsey 1943

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

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Table: TABLE B —CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1943.

TABLE B —CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1943.

Total.All Ages.0—11—22—55—1515—2525—3535—4545—5555—6565—7575 & over
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers000..................................................................1
2. Cerebro-spinal fever220..........................................2.....................2
3. Scarlet Fever000..................................................................3
4. Whooping cough2111............1................................................4
5. Diphtheria000..................................................................5
6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system573324.........1......125113...63847231......6
7. Other forms of tuberculosis514...........................21......2........................7
8. Syphilitic diseases1082....................................311...12...2...8
9. Influenza271512...1........................1...12...13...21879
10. Measles2201...............1.............................................10
11. Acute polio-myelitis and polioencephalitis000..................................................................11
12. Acute infectious encephalitis000..................................................................12
13. Cancer of buccal cavity and æsophagus (males only)440......................................................1...3...13
Cancer of uterus (females)707.................................1.........2...2.........2
14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum271314....................................1...2131156714
15. Cancer of breast24024.......................................1...4...8...4...715
16. Cancer of all other sites1338350.....................1...11...34129239291815816
17. Diabetes211................................................1............117
18. Intra cranial vascular lesions1204674..........................................1410101725183518
19. Heart disease274113161........................111...2310522193140469319
20. Other diseases of circ. system522329..............................1......1241443151720
21. Bronchitis814140...1..............................121285127192321
22. Pneumonia66254143...1...1...............221...26451181622
23. Other respiratory diseases10731..............................11...111......23...23
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum18135....................................1122317......124
25. Diarrhœa, under 2 years86261...1......................................................25
26. Appendicitis440............2.....................1.........1...............26
27. Other digestive diseases2391411.....................1......211......41...4727
28. Nephritis221210.....................111............1...32414428
29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis101...........................1....................................29
30. Other maternal causes000..................................................................30
31. Premature birth64242............................................................31
32. Con. mal., birth injuries, infantile disease19136115......1...........................11..................32
33. Suicide1165........................1......1211...1211......33
34. Road traffic accidents1055..................1...1.........111...11...2...134
35. Other violent causes16412...1............1.........11............11...11835
36. All other causes895534............2...1.........22324475146221536
Totals1,13254958329140452429911203025514610281134128174252