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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

Southgate 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table: Table 1.Causes of Death During the Yeab 1934.

Table 1.

Causes of Death During the Yeab 1934.

Causes of Death.Male.Female.Total.Kates per 1,000 of Population.
A11 Causes (Civilians only)272324596
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.........
2 Measles3140.07
3 Scarlet Fever........
4 Whooping Cough........
5 Diphtheria3..30.05
6 Influenza3580.13
7 Encephalitis Lethargica1..10.02
8 Cerebro-Spinal Fever........
9 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System2115360.59
10 Other Tuberculous Diseases2130.05
11 Syphilis........
12 General Paralysis of the insane, Tabes Dorsalis2..20.03
13 Cancer, Malignant Disease2858861.40
14 Diabetes3470.11
15 Cerebral Hemorrhage, etc.416200.32
16 Heart Disease80781582.58
17 Aneurysm........
18 Other Circulatory Diseases1924430.70
19 Bronchitis99180.29
20 Pneumonia (all forms)2027470.77
21 Other Respiratory Diseases1230.05
22 Peptic Ulcer4150.08
23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)1..10.02
24 Appendicitis..220.03
25 Cirrhosis of Liver2130.05
26 Other Diseases of Liver, etc...330.05
27 Other Digestive Diseases89170.28
28 Acute and Chronic Nephritis3690.15
29 Puerperal Sepsis..440.07
30 Other Puerperal Causes........
31 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth and Malformation, etc.610160.26
32 Senility1780.13
33 Suicide2350.08
34 Other Violence117180.29
35 Other defined Diseases3531661.08
36 Causes ill-defined or unknown........
Totals2723245969.73