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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
Hendon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV.
CAUSES OF DEATH IN HENDON M.B., 1933.
| Cause of Death. | M. | F. |
|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 493 | 520 |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | 1 |
| 2. Measles | — | — |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | — | — |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 2 | 5 |
| 5. Diphtheria | 3 | 1 |
| 6. Influenza | 21 | 24 |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — |
| 8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — |
| 9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 41 | 35 |
| 10. Other Tuberculous disease | 11 | 3 |
| 11. Syphilis | 6 | — |
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 2 | 1 |
| 13. Cancer, malignant disease | 81 | 80 |
| 14. Diabetes | 1 | 15 |
| 15. Cerebral Hæmorrhage, etc. | 11 | 28 |
| 16. Heart Disease | 95 | 123 |
| 17. Aneurysm | 1 | 1 |
| 18. Other circulatory diseases | 16 | 12 |
| 19. Bronchitis | 13 | 15 |
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 31 | 25 |
| 21. Other respiratory diseases | 6 | 6 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 7 | — |
| 23. Diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years) | 6 | 2 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 3 | 5 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of liver | 3 | 1 |
| 26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 2 | 5 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 10 | 23 |
| 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 12 | 13 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 2 |
| 30. Other puerperal causes | — | 1 |
| 31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 20 | 17 |
| 32. Senility | 7 | 9 |
| 33. Suicide | 8 | 13 |
| 34. Other violence | 26 | 16 |
| 35. Other defined diseases | 46 | 38 |
| 36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — |
| Special causes (included in No. 35 above).— | ||
| Small-pox | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — |
| Deaths of Infants under 1 year.— | ||
| Total | 34 | 31 |
| Legitimate | 29 | 29 |
| Illegitimate | 5 | 2 |