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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 1939
[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 1939.
| 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 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 55 years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 years and over. | |
| Typhoid, etc | ||||||||||||
| Measles | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Influenza | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | ||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ||||||||||||
| Cerebro—Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 26 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| General Paralysis of Insane | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 29 | 19 |
| Diabetes | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| Heart Disease | 186 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 47 | 75 |
| Aneurysm | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Bronchitis | 14 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 35 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Appendicitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 3 | 1 | — | ||||||||||
| Other Diseases of Liver | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other Digestive Diseases | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 19 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other Puerperal Causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Congenital Debility, etc. | 15 | 14 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | |
| Suicide | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Other Violence | 15 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Other Defined Causes | 48 | 1 | — | —— | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 9 |
| Causes ill—defined | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 594 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 52 | 120 | 131 | 190 |