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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

Harrow 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Table:

CAUSE OF DEATHUnderOver 1 and under 2Over 2 and under 5Over 5 and under 15Over 15 and under 25Over 25 and under 35Over 35 and under 45Over 45 and under 55Over 55 and under 65Over 65 and under 75Over 75TotalRegistrar-General's Allocations
MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
1. Typhoid fever-———-------1--1-------1111
2. Measles—1——1—1---------------2123
3. Scarlet fever————----------------------
4. Whooping cough—2—2-------------------4—4
5. Diphtheria——————12--------------1212
6. Influenza------1----2--2-----124446
7. Encephalitis lethargica————-----------1-1-----243
8. Cerebro-spinal fever1---------------------101-
9. Respiratory tuberculosis—————1—834197114518———1—47254725
10. Other tuberculosis—11——1215——111--------9595
11. Syphilis———-----------------------
12. General paralysis of the Insane————---------12—1—1———4141
13. Cancer————————1—3241310151230202910206010960110
14. Diabetes——————11—————11——4—1——2739
15. Cerebral haemorrhage-------------2—162285513181318
16. Heart disease—1————3—2141251210242342493565126155130157
17. Aneurysm--------------1--11——12222
18. Other circulatory diseases————--------1122147137111641334130
19. Bronchitis3—1---------1—4123646622142114
20. Pneumonia1771—3—31——4242727571171060406040
21. Other respiratory diseases——2----1----1—1311————5535
22. Peptic ulcer------------1—113—12—16464
23. Diarrhoea (under 2 years)85--------------------8594
24. Appendicitis———---2-------21131———6463
25. Cirrhosis of liver--------------1—111—1—4141
26. Other diseases of liver-------------1—211—3—21919
27. Other digestive diseases2-------1111—1—21223——7101019
28. Nephritis----------113—3253191314181418
29. Puerperal sepsis-----------2-----------2—2
30. Other puerperal causes—————————2—6—2---------10—10
31. Congenital debility3332--------------------33343334
32. Senility------------------76162623322130
33. Suicide----------6—24121————1107107
34. Other violence—2———13242433——142—13521192423
35. Other defined diseases77—22246133261016871256549555247
36. Causes ill-defined———1——————————————1———1111
Total715855652122171345314048575310096118139103168583637593647