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 Wembley]
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CAUSES OF DEATH DURING YEAR 1935.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | M. | F. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
ALL CAUSES | 336 | 342 | 678 |
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 1 | - | 1 |
Measles | 1 | — | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Influenza | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Encephalitis lethargica | — | 2 | 2 |
Gerebro-Spinal fever | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 25 | 20 | 45 |
Other tuberculosis | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
General paralysis of insane, etc. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cancer | 52 | 44 | 96 |
Diabetes | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Cerebral haemorrhage | 5 | 20 | 25 |
Heart disease | 60 | 88 | 148 |
Aneurysm | 6 | — | 6 |
Other circulatory | 10 | 27 | 37 |
Bronchitis | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Pneumonia | 19 | 13 | 32 |
Other respiratory | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Peptic Ulcer | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years) | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Appendicitis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Cirrhosis of liver | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Other liver diseases | — | 1 | 1 |
Other digestive | 11 | 10 | 21 |
Nephritis | 13 | 9 | 22 |
Puerperal sepsis | — | — | — |
Other puerperal | — | — | — |
Congenital causes, etc. | 19 | 17 | 36 |
Senility | 4 | 13 | 17 |
Suicide | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Other violence | 24 | 13 | 37 |
Other defined causes | 34 | 24 | 58 |
Causes ill-defined | — | — | — |