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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

Enfield 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 1.Causes of Death during Year 1937.

TABLE 1.

Causes of Death during Year 1937.

Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
All Causes-Certified439474913
Uncertified———
Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fevers-—-
Measles———
Scarlet Fever———
Whooping Cough112
Diphtheria224
Influenza161228
Encephalitis Lethargica112
Cerebro-Spinal Fever———
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System282351
Other Tuberculous Diseases549
Syphilis—11
General Paralysis of Insane, Tabes Dorsalis1—1
Cancer, Malignant Disease5674130
Diabetes41317
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.113344
Heart Disease109133242
Aneurysm314
Other Circulatory Diseases232851
Bronchitis181028
Pneumonia (all forms)243862
Other Respiratory Diseases5—5
Peptic Ulcer819
Diarrhoea etc. (under 2 years)5611
Appendicitis—11
Cirrhosis of Liver112
Other Diseases of Liver, etc.246
Other Digestive Diseases8917
Acute and Chronic Nephritis8917
Puerperal Sepsis-11
Other Puerperal Causes—22
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.21728
Senility10515
Suicide9413
Other Violence231437
Other Defined Diseases373673
Causes ill-defined or unknown———
Total439474913