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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
Bromley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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APPENDIX III.
Causes of Death, 1935.
| Male. | Female. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Typhoid Fever, etc. | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | — | — | — | |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | — | 1 | 1 |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6. | Influenza | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 7. | Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal fever | — | — | — |
| 9. | Respiratory tuberculosis | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 10. | Other tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11. | Syphilis | — | — | — |
| 12. | Gen. paralysis of insane, etc. | 1 | — | 1 |
| 13. | Cancer | 46 | 40 | 86 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15. | Cerebral hemorrhage | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| 16.. | Heart disease | 82 | 100 | 182 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | — | 1 | 1 |
| 18. | Other circulatory | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 20. | Pneumonia | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 21. | Other respiratory | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22. | Peptic ulcer | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 23. | Diarrlupa, etc. (under 2 years) | — | 1 | 1 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 3 | — | 3 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | — | — | — |
| 26. | Other liver diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27. | Other digestive | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 29. | Puerperal sepsis | — | — | — |
| 30. | Other puerperal" causes | — | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Congenital causes, etc. | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 32 | Senility | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 33 | Suicide | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 34 | Other violence | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 35 | Other defined causes | 27 | 27 | 54 |
| 36 | Ill-defined causes | — | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 274 | 274 | 548 | |