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 Leyton]
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The following list shows the increase or decrease in the number of deaths from the various causes in 1938 as compared with 1937 :—
Decrease. | Increase. | |
---|---|---|
— | + | |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | — |
Measles | — | 4 |
Scarlet fever | — | — |
Diphtheria | 5 | — |
Influenza | 36 | — |
Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — |
Cerebro-spinal fever | — | — |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | — | 1 |
Syphilis | — | 1 |
General paralysis of the insane | — | 3 |
Cancer | 5 | — |
Diabetes | 8 | — |
Cerebral hæmorrhage | 19 | — |
Heart disease | 73 | — |
Aneurysm | — | 4 |
Other circulatory diseases | — | 3 |
Bronchitis | 31 | — |
Pneumonia | 15 | — |
Other respiratory diseases | 5 | — |
Peptic ulcer | 2 | — |
Diarrhoea | 1 | — |
Appendicitis | 7 | — |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | — |
Other diseases of liver | — | 8 |
Other digestive diseases | — | 5 |
Acute and chronic nephritis | — | 1 |
Other puerperal causes | 1 | — |
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 6 | — |
Senility | — | 20 |
Suicide | 5 | — |
Other defined causes | 3 | — |
Causes ill-defined | 23 | — |
251 | 50 | |
=- 201 |