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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
Leyton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The following list shows the increase or decrease in the number of deaths from the various causes in 1937 as compared with 1936:—
| Decrease. | Increase. | |
|---|---|---|
| — | + | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | 1 |
| Measles | 22 | - |
| Scarlet fever | 2 | - |
| Diphtheria | 4 | - |
| Influenza | 38 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 1 | - |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 5 | - |
| General paralysis of the insane | 5 | - |
| Cancer | 9 | - |
| Diabetes | - | 5 |
| Cerebral hæmorrhage | - | 11 |
| Heart disease | - | 36 |
| Aneurysm | 7 | - |
| Other circulatory diseases | 15 | - |
| Bronchitis | - | 19 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | - |
| Other respiratory diseases | - | 7 |
| Peptic ulcer | 2 | - |
| Diarrhoea | - | 1 |
| Appendicitis | - | 4 |
| Other diseases of liver | 12 | - |
| Other digestive diseases | - | 1 |
| Acute and chronic nephritis | 5 | - |
| Other puerperal causes | - | 1 |
| Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | - | 4 |
| Senility | - | 10 |
| Suicide | - | 6 |
| Other defined causes | - | 26 |
| Causes ill-defined | 2 | - |
| 96 | 173 | |
| = + | 77 |