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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
Hornchurch 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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Registrar General's Short Table of Causes of Death.
Corrected for Inward and Outward Transfers.
The following figures are supplied by the Registrar-General.
| Causes. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | |
| 3 Scarlet Fever | 2 | |
| 4 Whooping Cough | 1 | |
| 6 Influenza | 6 | 9 |
| 7 Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | |
| 8 Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | |
| 9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 12 | 5 |
| 10 Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | 2 |
| 11 Syphilis | 1 | |
| 12 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsal is | 1 | 1 |
| 13 Cancer, malignant disease | 21 | 22 |
| 14 Diabetes | 1 | 3 |
| 15 Cerebral hæmorrhage, &c. | 8 | 8 |
| 16 Heart disease | 27 | 41 |
| 17 Aneurysm | 2 | 1 |
| 18 Other circulatory diseases | 4 | 2 |
| 19 Bronchitis | 5 | 10 |
| 20 Pneumonia (all forms) | 7 | 9 |
| 22 Peptic ulcer | 1 | |
| 23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 2 | 2 |
| 24 Appendicitis | 4 | 3 |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | 4 | 4 |
| 28 Acute and chronic nephritis | 5 | 2 |
| 30 Other puerperal causes | 1 | |
| 31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, &c. | 13 | 10 |
| 32 Senility | 2 | 4 |
| 33 Suicide | 1 | |
| 34 Other violence | 9 | 4 |
| 35 Causes ill-defined or unknown | 13 | 7 |
| 151 | 154 | |