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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Table III,
Causes of Death during the year 1934.
Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. |
---|---|---|
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - |
Measles | i | - |
Scarlet Fever .. | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | 2 |
Diphtheria | i | 2 |
Influenza | 4 | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - |
Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - |
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 18 | 14 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 2 |
Syphilis | 1 | - |
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 3 | - |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 40 | 57 |
Diabetes | 4 | 3 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 7 | 14 |
Heart Disease | 77 | 82 |
Aneurysm | 1 | 3 |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 18 | 17 |
Bronchitis | 7 | 12 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 26 | 14 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 4 | 4 |
Peptic Ulcer | 3 | 1 |
Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 1 | - |
Appendicitis | 3 | 1 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | - | - |
Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | - | 4 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 4 | 6 |
Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 6 | 2 |
Puerperal Sepsis | - | 1 |
Other Puerperal Causes | - | - |
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malforma t ion, et | 4 | 5 |
Senility | 4 | 2 |
Suicide | 5 | 4 |
Other Violence | 7 | 12 |
Other Defined Diseases | 18 | 23 |
Causes ill-defined or unknown | - | 1 |
Totals | 269 | 293 |