London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Edmonton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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FEMALES.

Causes of DeathALL AGESUnder 1 year1 & under 2 years2 & under 5 years5 & under 15 years15 & under 25 years25 & under 35 years35 & under 45 years45 & under 55 years55 & under 65 years65 & under 75 years75 and over
Typhoid Fever1..........1..........
Measles........................
Scarlet Fever1......1..............
Whooping Cough1....1................
Diphtheria3....12..............
Influenza2......1........1....
Encephalitis Lethargica1............1........
Cerebro-spinal Fever........................
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system11......13511..2..
Other T. B. Diseases61311..............
Syphilis........................
General Paralysis of the Insane2..............2......
Cancer63......121411211211
Diabetes7............11122
Cerebral Haemorrhage35............157913
Heart Disease142......223352540b2
Aneurysm2................1..I
Other Circulatory Diseases25................8710
Bronchitis12............11..37
Pneumonia25621..132..253
Other Respiratory Diseases6..........1121..1
Peptic Ulcer2................2....
Diarrhoea,etc. (under 2 years of age).55....................
Appendicitis3..........1....2....
Cirrhosis of LiverI..............1......
Other Diseases of the Liver5..............13..1
Other Digestive Diseases13......2....3215..
Acute and Chronic Nephritis7............1123..
Puerperal Sepsis2..........2..........
Other Puerperal Causes1..........1..........
Congenital Debility1111....................
Senility5..................15
Suicide6........11..12..1
Other Violence21......11..4..1311
Other Defined Diseases35......42245666
Causes ill-defined or unknown........................
Totals465235416122127398698134

There is a slight difference in respect of the causes of death between
these last two tables and the one supplied by the Registrar-General, who is
probably in possession of additional information on the matter.
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