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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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TABLE IV.—DEATHS OCCURRING DURING THE YEAR 1935.
| Cause of Death. | All M. | Ages. F. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. - | 65 and over. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever,etc. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | – | _ | _ |
| Scarlet Fever | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Whooping Cough. | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Influenza | 9 | 5 | _ | — | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | — | _ | — | _ | _ | – |
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 13 | 6 | – | – | — | _ | 1 | 13 | 5 | _ |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | I | 2 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | _ | _ | – |
| General Paralysis of Insane,etc. | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | I | 1 |
| Cancer | 32 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 25 | 32 |
| Diabetes | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 7 |
| Cerebral Hemorrhage | 7 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 17 |
| Heart Disease | 43 | 44 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 22 | 60 |
| Aneurysm | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | _ | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 10 | 15 | – | – | – | _ | – | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| Bronchitis | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | — | – | — | 6 | |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 6 | – | – | – | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Other respiratory Diseases | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | |||
| Peptic Ulcer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Appendicitis | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | _ | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Liver Diseases | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 3 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Nephritis | 5 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 7 |
| Puerperal sepsis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Puerperal Causes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | - | - |
| Congenital Causes | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||||||
| Senility | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||||||
| Suicide | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Other Violence | 6 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Other Defined Causes | 19 | 22 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 8 | 12 | 16 |
| Ill-defined Causes | ||||||||||
| Totals | 195 | 193 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 104 | 202 |