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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

Leyton 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: Table III A.Causes of, and Ages at, Death, Calendar Year, 1920.The detailed International List of Causes of Death as adapted for use in England and Wales.

Table III A.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death, Calendar Year, 1920.

The detailed International List of Causes of Death as adapted for use in England and Wales.

No.Diseases.Males.Females.AGES.All Ages.
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
1.—General Diseases.
1Enteric Fever1.....................1..................1
5Smallpox...1......1..............................1
6Measles5111104.........1..................l6
7Scarlet Fever32...22...1........................5
8Whooping Cough12127152..............................24
9Diphtheria, Croup1413113102...1.....................27
10Influenza22243......2211175832246
18Erysipelas11..................1......1.........2
20Pyaemia, Septicaemia4211...............1111......6
25Mycoses1............1...........................1
28Pulmonary Tuberculosis44472.........1213191712142......91
29Acute Miliary Tuberculosis121......11........................3
30Tuberculous Meningitis46132111...1...............10
31Tuberculosis of Peritoneum and Intestines2......1......1........................2
32Tuberculosis of Spinal Column2............11........................2
34Tuberculosis of other Organs1..................1.....................1
35Disseminated Tuberculosis21...11.........1..................3
37Syphilis2...1.....................1............2
39Cancer of the Buccal Cavity11..............................11...9
40Cancer of the Stomach, Liver2318.....................6611116141
41Cancer of the Peritoneum Intestines, Rectum1810...............1...15893128