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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
Ilford 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following is the Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths by Causes. Table III on page 28 differs very slightly from the Registrar-General's Short List, and has been prepared on the lines of previous Annual Reports :—
| Causes of Death. | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | 457 | 523 | |
| 1. | Enteric fever | 1 | — |
| 2. | Smallpox | — | — |
| 3. | Measles | 5 | 4 |
| 4. | Scarlet fever | 1 | — |
| 5. | Whooping cough | — | 2 |
| 6. | Diphtheria | 5 | 7 |
| 7. | Influenza | 7 | 4 |
| 8. | Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — |
| 9. | Meningococcal meningitis | 1 | 1 |
| 10. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 41 | 20 |
| 11. | Other tuberculous diseases | 3 | 5 |
| 12. | Cancer, malignant disease | 65 | 89 |
| 13. | Rheumatic fever | 3 | 8 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 10 | 5 |
| 15. | Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc. | 19 | 36 |
| 10. | Heart disease | 90 | 128 |
| 17. | Arterio-sclerosis | 6 | 19 |
| 18. | Bronchitis | 10 | 14 |
| 19. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 33 | 18 |
| 20. | Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 7 |
| 21. | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 9 | 4 |
| 22. | Diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years) | 6 | 3 |
| 23. | Appendicitis and typhlitis | 5 | 5 |
| 24. | Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | 1 |
| 25. | Acute and chronic nephritis | 9 | 20 |
| 26. | Puerperal sepsis | — | 2 |
| 27. | Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition | - | 5 |
| 28. | Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth | 16 | 11 |
| 29. | Suicide | 4 | — |
| 30. | Other deaths from violence | 16 | 7 |
| 31. | Other defined diseases | 84 | 98 |
| 32. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | - |