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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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18
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S ABRIDGED LIST OF CAUSES
OF DEATH.

Table: These figures are corrected for outward and inward transfers.

These figures are corrected for outward and inward transfers.

Causes of death.Male.Female
All causes333290
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers00
2. Measles00
3. Scarlet fever10
4. Whooping cough20
5. Diphtheria12
6. Influenza1111
7. Encephalitis lethargica00
8. Cerebro-spinal fever00
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system2115
10. Other tuberculous diseases43
11. Syphilis11
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis11
13. Cancer, malignant disease3649
14. Diabetes32
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.1917
16. Heart Disease6768
17. Aneurysm20
18. Other circulatory diseases77
19. Bronchitis117
20. Pneumonia (all forms)257
21. Other respiratory diseases65
22. Peptic ulcer22
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)22
24. Appendicitis42
25. Cirrhosis of liver00
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.02
27. Other digestive diseases47
28. Acute and chronic nephritis67
29. Puerperal sepsis2
30. Other puerperal causes4
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc.2620
32. Senility911
33. Suicide71
34. Other violence289
35. Other defined diseases2728
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown00