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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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CAUSES OP DEATH IN 1938. TABLE IV.
| Cause of Death. | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 545 | 608 | |
| 1. | Typhoid Fever, etc. | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | Measles | — | 1 |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | — | — |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 3 | 1 |
| 6. | Influenza | 5 | 1 |
| 7. | Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 2 |
| 9. | Respiratory Tuberculosis | 36 | 22 |
| 10. | Other Tuberculosis | 7 | 5 |
| 11. | Syphilis | 3 | — |
| 12. | General Paralysis of the Insane, etc | 3 | 1 |
| 13. | Cancer | 84 | 122 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 8 | 10 |
| 15. | Cerebral Hemorrhage | 22 | 40 |
| 16. | Heart Disease | 132 | 153 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 1 | 2 |
| 18. | Other Circulatory Diseases | 21 | 42 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 18 | 10 |
| 20. | Pneumonia | 32 | 30 |
| 21. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 1)2 | 6 |
| 22. | Peptic Ulcer | 12 | 3 |
| 23. | Diarrhcea, etc. (under 2 years) | 10 | 5 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 4 | 3 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | 2 |
| 26. | Other Liver Diseases | 4 | 2 |
| 27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 16 | 9 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 14 | 14 |
| 29. | Puerperal Sepsis | — | 2 |
| 30. | Other Puerperal causes | — | 2 |
| 31. | Congenital causes | 18 | 22 |
| 32. | Senility | 3 | 9 |
| 33. | Suicide | 11 | 9 |
| 34. | Other violence | 25 | 28 |
| 35. | Other defined causes | 85 | 46 |
| 36. | Ill-defined causes | — | 1 |
| Special causes (included in No. 35):— Smallpox | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | |
| Polioencephalitis | — | 1 | |
| Diarrhæa (2 years and over) | — | — | |