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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE III. Causes of Death, 1938.
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid Fever, etc. | — | — | - |
| 2. Measles | 1 | — | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | — | — | — |
| 4. Whooping Cough | - | — | - |
| 5. Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| 6. Influenza | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | - |
| 8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — |
| 9. Respiratory Tuberculosis | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 10. Other Tuberculosis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11. Spyhilis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12. General paralysis of insane, etc. | — | — | — |
| 13. Cancer | 39 | 59 | 98 |
| 14. Diabetes | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 15. Cerebral hæmorrhage | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 16. Heart disease | 70 | 88 | 158 |
| 17. Aneurysm | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18. Other circulatory diseases | 18 | 28 | 46 |
| 19. Bronchitis | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 20. Pneumonia | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| 21. Other respiratory | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23a. Diarrhoea (2 years and over) | — | 1 | 1 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 26. Other liver diseases | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 28. Nephritis | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 29. Puerperal sepsis | — | 1 | 1 |
| 30. Other puerperal causes | — | 2 | 2 |
| 31. Congenital causes, etc. | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 32. Senility | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 33. Suicide | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 34. Other violence | 10 | 4 | |
| 35. Other defined causes | 25 | 22 | 47 |
| 36. Ill-defined causes | — | - | - |
| Totals | 279 | 304 | 583 |