Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Cause of Death. | M. | F. |
---|---|---|
All Causes | 568 | 578 |
1. Typhoid Fever, etc. | - | 1 |
2. Measles | - | — |
3. Scarlet Fever | - | — |
4. Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 |
5. Diphtheria | 5 | 5 |
6. Influenza | 15 | 8 |
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - |
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - |
9. Respiratory Tuberculosis | 46 | 29 |
10. Other Tuberbulosis | 4 | 5 |
11. Syphilis | 1 | 1 |
12. General Paralysis of the Insane, etc. | 6 | 1 |
13. Cancer | 64 | 95 |
14. Diabetes | 7 | 8 |
15. Cerebral Hemorrhage | 13 | 38 |
16. Heart Disease | 120 | 118 |
17. Aneurysm | 7 | 3 |
18. Other Circulatory Diseases | 26 | 32 |
19. Bronchitis | 12 | 2 |
20. Pneumonia | 36 | 29 |
21. Other Respiratory Diseases | 10 | 4 |
22. Peptic Ulcer | 13 | 1 |
23. Diarrhœa etc. (under 2 years) | 13 | 7 |
24. Appendicitis | 2 | 6 |
25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | |
26. Other Liver Diseases | — | 11 |
27. Other Digestive Diseases | 6 | 15 |
28. Nephritis | 16 | 25 |
29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 2 |
30. Other Puerperal Causes | — | 1 |
31. Congenital Causes, etc | 34 | 17 |
32. Senility | 12 | 22 |
33. Suicide | 11 | 12 |
34. Other Violence | 27 | 20 |
35. Other Defined Causes | 56 | 57 |
36. Ill-defined Causes | - | - |
Special Causes (included in No. 05):— Small-pox | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | - | - |
Polioencephalitis | - | — |
Deaths of Infants under 1 year:— Total | 56 | 31 |
Legitimate | 48 | 27 |
Illegitimate | 8 | 4 |