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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

Hayes and Harlington 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1935.

CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1935.

Causes of Death.Males.Females.
All Causes11688
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers——
2. Measles1—
3. Scarlet Fever——
4. Whooping Cough—2
5. Diphtheria22
6. Influenza—1
7. Encephalitis Lethargica——
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever——
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system910
10. Other tuberculous diseases2—
11. Syphilis——
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis—1
13. Cancer, malignant disease1219
14. Diabetes12
15. Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc.51
16. Heart disease2014
17. Aneurysm1—
18. Other circulatory diseases52
19. Bronchitis42
20. Pneumonia (all forms)132
21. Other respiratory diseases——
22. Peptic ulcer2—
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)——
24. Appendicitis2—
25. Cirrhosis of liver1—
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.—4
27. Other digestive diseases3—
28. Acute and chronic nephritis81
29. Puerperal sepsis—2
30. Other puerperal causes——
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.76
32. Senility—2
33. Suicide—3
34. Other violence115
35. Other defined diseases77
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown——
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above):—
Smallpox——
Poliomyelitis——
Polioencephalitis——
Deaths of Infants under 1 yearTotal1210
Legitimate1010
Illegitimate2—
Live BirthsTotal287295
Legitimate274281
Illegitimate1314
StillbirthsTotal108
Legitimate107
Illegitimate—1
Population (Mid-Year)31,560
(Figures furnished by the Registrar-General.)