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 Hornchurch]
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REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S ABRIDGED LIST OF CAUSES OF
DEATH.
These figures are corrected for outward and inward transfers.
Causes of death. | Male. | Female. |
---|---|---|
All causes | 270 | 240 |
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 0 | 0 |
2. Measles | 1 | 2 |
3. Scarlet fever | 0 | 1 |
4. Whooping cough | 0 | 0 |
5. Diphtheria | 4 | 2 |
6. Influenza | 2 | 7 |
7. Encephalitis lethargica | 0 | 0 |
8. Cerebro-spinal fever | 0 | 0 |
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 17 | 14 |
10. Other tuberculous diseases | 2 | 3 |
11. Syphilis | 0 | 0 |
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 0 | 0 |
13. Cancer, malignant disease | 36 | 35 |
14. Diabetes | 1 | 1 |
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 6 | 10 |
16. Heart Disease | 62 | 53 |
17. Aneurysm | 1 | 0 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 12 | 3 |
19. Bronchitis | 4 | 9 |
20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 11 | 18 |
21. Other respiratory diseases | 0 | 1 |
22. Peptic ulcer | 3 | 0 |
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 6 | 1 |
24. Appendicitis | 2 | 1 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | 0 | 2 |
26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 1 | 2 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 7 | 5 |
28. Acute and chronic nephritis | 10 | 10 |
29. Puerperal sepsis | 1 | |
30. Other puerperal causes | 3 | |
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 21 | 18 |
32. Senility | 8 | 14 |
33. Suicide | 4 | 2 |
34. Other violence | 15 | 7 |
35. Other defined diseases | 34 | 13 |
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | 0 | 2 |