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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CAUSES OP DEATH IN 1937.
| Cause of Death. | M. | F. |
|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 618 | 673 |
| 1. Typhoid Fever, etc. | - | -_ |
| 2. Measles | - | 2 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | — | — |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 2 | - |
| 5. Diphtheria | 4 | 3 |
| 6. Influenza | 28 | 25 |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | - |
| 8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 1 |
| 9. Respiratory Tuberculosis | 31 | 25 |
| 10. Other Tuberculosis | 7 | 5 |
| 11. Syphilis | — | 1 |
| 12. General Paralysis of the Insane, etc | 4 | 2 |
| 13. Cancer | 84 | 127 |
| 14. Diabetes | 4 | 3 |
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage | 19 | 28 |
| 16. Heart Disease | 134 | 153 |
| 17. Aneurysm | 3 | - |
| 18. Other Circulatory Diseases | 26 | 35 |
| 19. Bronchitis | 22 | 14 |
| 20. Pneumonia | 44 | 27 |
| 21. Other Respiratory Diseases | — | 7 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 0 | 2 |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 11 | 10 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 8 | 3 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 3 |
| 26. Other Liver Diseases | 1 | 3 |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | 8 | 16 |
| 28. Nephritis | 22 | 18 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 1 |
| 30. Other Puerperal causes | — | 4 |
| 31. Congenital causes | 23 | 18 |
| 32. Senility | 15 | 30 |
| 33. Suicide | 14 | 10 |
| 34. Other violence | 34 | 29 |
| 35. Other defined causes | 62 | 68 |
| 36. Ill-defined causes | — | — |
| Special causes (included in No. 35):— | ||
| Smallpox | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — |
| Diarrhoea (2 years and over) | — | — |