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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE I.
Causes of Death during Year 1951.
| Causes of Death. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fevers | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | — | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 25 | 20 | 45 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Syphilitic diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Influenza | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Measles | – | – | – |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | – | 1 | 1 |
| Ac. Polio-myelitis | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal infections | — | — | — |
| Malignant Neoplasm of stomach | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 29 | 3 | 32 |
| Do. of breast | – | 16 | 16 |
| Malignant Neoplasm, uterus | — | 6 | 6 |
| Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | 71 | 50 | 121 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Diabetes | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 63 | 86 | 149 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 77 | 52 | 129 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 30 | 27 | 57 |
| Other Heart disease | 87 | 102 | 189 |
| Other Circulatory disease | 21 | 13 | 34 |
| Bronchitis | 41 | 21 | 62 |
| Pneumonia | 24 | 26 | 50 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory system | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Appendicitis | — | — | — |
| Other Digestive Diseases | — | — | — |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 10 | — | 10 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion | — | 2 | 2 |
| Congenital Malformations | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Suicide | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Motor Vehicle accidents | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| All Other accidents | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 42 | 44 | 86 |
| Homicide and operations of war | — | — | — |
| Total | 606 | 548 | 1,154 |