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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
Bexley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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DEATHS IN ACE GROUPS IN 1938.
These relate to deaths occurring in 1938, but not necessarily registered in that year.
| Short List of Causes of Death in use in General Register Office. | Totals | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 30 | 30 to 35 | 35 to 40 | 40 to 45 | 45 to 50 | 50 to 55 | 55 to 60 | 60 to 65 | 65 to 70 | 70 to 75 | 75 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES. | 599 | 49 | 5 | 3 | _ | 2 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 37 | 30 | 41 | 51 | 71 | 61 | 139 |
| 1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Measles | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Scarlet Fever | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Whooplng Cough | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Influenza | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 Encephalitis Lethargica . | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 10 Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 Syphilis | 1 | I | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Cancer, Malignant Disease | 94 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||
| 14 Diabetes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 29 | 1 | 1 | I | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 16 Heart Disease | 101 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 17 Aneurysm | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 Other Circulatory Diseases | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 19 Bronchitis | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |