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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table IV.
Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1936.
| 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Apes. | Under 1year. | 1 and under 2 year | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 5 5 years | 55 and under 65 years. | 5 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | |
| Typhoid, etc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 12 | — | — | 3 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro - Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 46 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 8 | — | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| General Paralysis of Insane | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 12 |
| Diabetes | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| Heart Disease | 137 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 62 |
| Aneurysm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| Bronchitis | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 48 | 7 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2) | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Appendicitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | —2 | — |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Other Diseases of Liver | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ——— | 2 | ||
| Other Digestive Diseases | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Congenital Debility,— etc. | 20 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Senility | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 |
| Suicide | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Other Violence | 24 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Other Defined Diseases | 47 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| Causes ill-defined | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 588 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 58 | 95 | 125 | 168 |