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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 1935
[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 |