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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 1938

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

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Table: Table III.Causes of Death during the year 1938.

Table III.

Causes of Death during the year 1938.

Causes of Death.Male.Female.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
Measles12
Scarlet Fever——
Whooping Cough——
Diphtheria—2
Influenza2—
Encephalitis Lethargica——
Cerebro-Spinal Fever——
Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System129
Other Tuberculous Diseases34
Syphilis2—
Oeneral Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis—1
Cancer, Malignant Disease4151
Diabetes28
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.918
Heart Disease74102
Aneurysm—2
Other Circulatory Diseases1220
Bronchitis105
Pneumonia (all forms)1416
Other Respiratory Diseases22
Peptic Ulcer31
Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)—I
Appendicitis24
Cirrhosis of Liver1—
Other Diseases of Liver—1
Other Digestive Diseases31
Acute and Chronic Nephritis57
Puerperal Sepsis——
Other Puerperal Causes—2
Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformation, etc.68
Senility23
Suicide72
Other Violence86
Other Defined Diseases2714
Causes ill-defined or unknown——
Totals248292