Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following is the Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes
Table III, on page 24, 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. | 592 | 602 | |
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | - |
| 2. | Measles | — | - |
| 3. | Scarlet fever | 1 | - |
| 4. | Whooping cough | 2 | 2 |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 2 | 2 |
| 6. | Influenza | 14 | 31 |
| 7. | Encephalitis lethargica | — | — |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal fever | 6 | 1 |
| 9. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 48 | 39 |
| 10. | Other tuberculous diseases | 4 | 4 |
| 11. | Syphilis | 3 | 1 |
| 12. | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsal is .. | 3 | - |
| 13. | Cancer, malignant disease | 71 | 95 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 5 | 11 |
| 15. | Cerebral haemorrhage | 26 | 42 |
| 16. | Heart disease | 108 | 145 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 3 | 3 |
| 18. | Other circulatory diseases | 21 | 21 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 30 | 27 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 41 | 39 |
| 21. | Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 9 |
| 22. | Peptic ulcer | 7 | 1 |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 4 | 2 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 4 | 5 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 2 |
| 26. | Other diseases of liver, etc. | 1 | 8 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 18 | 13 |
| 28. | Acute and chronic nephritis | 16 | 1 |
| 29. | Puerperal sepsis | — | 6 |
| 30. | Other puerperal causes | — | 1 |
| 31. | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 46 | 23 |
| 32. | Senility | 8 | 13 |
| 33. | Suicide | 9 | 3 |
| 34. | Other violence | 35 | 1 |
| 35. | Other defined diseases | 44 | 51 |
| 36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | 2 | — |
| Special Causes (included in No. 35 above):— Smallpox | - | - | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | |