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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
City of London 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1938.
| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of '" Residents " whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or ".Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Jnder year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 6 and under 16 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 65 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. | |||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | ||
| All Causes. | 94 | 3 | - | l | - | 2 | l | 3 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 462 | |
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 4. Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 5. Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| 6. Influenza | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| 9. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | ||
| 11. Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 12. General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
| 13. Cancer, Malignant Disease | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 92 | |
| 14. Diabetes | 3 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 12 | ||
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 21 | |
| 16. Heart Disease | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 42 | |
| 17. Aneurysm | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 18. Other Circulatory Diseases | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 19. Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 3 | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 33 | ||
| 21. Other Respiratory Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 25 | |
| 23. Diarrhoea, &c | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | |||
| 24. Appendicitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | ||
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 3 | |
| 26. Other Diseases of Liver, &c | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | ||
| 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 6 | ■#. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 | |||||||
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 30. Other Puerperal Causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, &c | 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | |
| 32. Senility | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||||
| 33. Suicide | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | |||
| 34. Other Violence | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 28 | ||
| 35. Other Defined Causes | 10 | - | - | l | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 84 | |
| 36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Totals | 94 | 3 | - | l | - | 2 | l | 3 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 462 | |