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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

Wood Green 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: Table III,Causes of Death during the year 1934.

Table III,

Causes of Death during the year 1934.

Causes of Death.Male.Female.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers--
Measlesi-
Scarlet Fever ..--
Whooping Cough-2
Diphtheriai2
Influenza41
Encephalitis Lethargica--
Cerebro-spinal Fever1-
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System1814
Other Tuberculous Diseases12
Syphilis1-
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis3-
Cancer, Malignant Disease4057
Diabetes43
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.714
Heart Disease7782
Aneurysm13
Other Circulatory Diseases1817
Bronchitis712
Pneumonia (all forms)2614
Other Respiratory Diseases44
Peptic Ulcer31
Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years)1-
Appendicitis31
Cirrhosis of Liver--
Other Diseases of Liver, etc.-4
Other Digestive Diseases46
Acute and Chronic Nephritis62
Puerperal Sepsis-1
Other Puerperal Causes--
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malforma t ion, et45
Senility42
Suicide54
Other Violence712
Other Defined Diseases1823
Causes ill-defined or unknown-1
Totals269293