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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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3.
The following Table shows the causes of death during the year:-
TABLE II.
| CAUSE | MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Scarlet fever | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | - | ||
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 41 | 34 | 75 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Syphilitic diseases | 5 | 1 | 6 / |
| Influenza | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Measles | - | - | |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | - | - |
| Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | |
| Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (M) | |||
| uterus (f) | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| Cancer of breast | - | 19 | 19 |
| Cancer of all other sites | 95 | 71 | 166 |
| Diabetes | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Intra-cronial vascular lesions | 64 | 77 | 141 |
| Heart disease | 164 | 165 | 329 |
| Other diseases of circulatory system | 26 | 18 | 44 |
| Bronchitis | 36 | 23 | |
| Pneumonia | 41 | 31 | 72 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| Diarrhoea, under 2 years. | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Appendicitis | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Other digestive diseases | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Nephritis | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | 2 | 2 |
| Other maternal causes | - | 2 | 2 |
| Premature birth | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Congential malformations, birth injury, | |||
| infantile disease | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| Suicide | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Road traffic accidents | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Other violent causes | 30 | 33 | 63 |
| A11 other causes | 48 | 50 | 98 |
| TOTAL - all causes | 707 | 640 | 1347 |