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 Walthamstow]
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Causes of Death as given by the Registrar -General
for the year 1936.
Whole District.
Causes of death. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Total 1935. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers | - | - | - | - |
2. Measles | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
3. Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 1 | — |
4. Whooping Cough | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
5. Diphtheria | 2 | — | 2 | 4 |
6. Influenza | 13 | 13 | 26 | 10 |
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | 2 | 1 |
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
9. T. B. of respiratory system | 43 | 30 | 73 | 69 |
10. Other Tuberculous diseases | 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
11. Syphilis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
12. General paralysis of the insane, (tabes dorsalis) | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
13. Cancer, malignant disease | 96 | 96 | 192 | 204 |
14. Diabetes | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 |
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 43 | 42 | 85 | 61 |
16. Heart disease | 179 | 195 | 374 | 344 |
17. Aneurysm | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 19 | 24 | 43 | 48 |
19. Bronchitis | 37 | 21 | 58 | 38 |
20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 39 | 34 | 73 | 72 |
21. Other respiratory diseases | 8 | 10 | 18 | 11 |
22. Peptic Ulcer | 17 | 4 | 21 | 12 |
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 |
24. Appendicitis | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 |
25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | — | 1 | — |
26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 12 | 11 | 23 | 26 |
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 22 | 24 | 46 | 45 |
29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
30. Other Puerperal causes | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
31. Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth, etc. | 16 | 21 | 37 | 40 |
32. Senility | 2 | 15 | 17 | 26 |
33. Suicide | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 |
34. Other violence | 24 | 9 | 33 | 39 |
35. Other defined causes | 49 | 33 | 82 | 106 |
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | 2 | — | 2 | 1 |
Totals | 696 | 625 | 1321 | 1236 |