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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 1938
[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 | ||