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 Wood Green]
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Causes of Death during the year 1925 in the Urban Sanitary District of Wood Green.
Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. |
---|---|---|
Enteric Fever | - | - |
Smallpox | — | — |
Measles | 1 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 5 |
Diphtheria | — | 1 |
Influenza | 6 | 5 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — |
Meningococcal Meningitis | — | — |
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 18 | 17 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | 5 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 29 | 45 |
Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 2 |
Diabetes | - | 1 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 10 | 18 |
Heart Disease | 53 | 42 |
Arterio Sclerosis | 23 | 14 |
Bronchitis | 15 | 22 |
Pneumonia | 10 | 12 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 4 | 2 |
Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 3 | 1 |
Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 2 | 3 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | — | — |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 1 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 7 | 6 |
Puerperal Sepsis | — | 1 |
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | - | 1 |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth | 14 | 6 |
Suicide | 1 | 3 |
Other Deaths from Violence | 8 | — |
Other Defined Diseases | 37 | 40 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — |
Total | 253 | 254 |