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 1937.
Whole District.
Causes of death. | Males. | Females. | Total | Total. 1936. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
l. | Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers | - | - | - | - |
2. | Measles | - | - | - | 8 |
3. | Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
4. | Whooping Cough.. | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5. | Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
6. | Influenza | 32 | 23 | 55 2 | 26 |
7. | Encephalitis Lethargica | - | 2 | 2 | |
8. | Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9. | T. B. of respiratory system | 42 | 38 | 80 | 73 |
10. | Other Tuberculous diseases | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 |
11. | Syphilis | 9 | - | 2 | 4 |
12. 13. | General paralysis of the insane, (tabes dorsalis) | 3 | - | 3 | 8 |
Cancer, malignant disease | 96 | 124 | 220 | 192 | |
14. | Diabetes | 6 | 11 | 17 | 16 |
15. | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 43 | 48 | 91 | 85 |
16. | Heart disease | 141 | 197 | 338 | 374 |
17. | Aneurysm | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
18. | Other circulatory diseases | 24 | 23 | 47 | 43 |
19. | Bronchitis.. | 40 | 30 | 70 | 58 |
20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 57 | 46 | 103 | 73 |
21. | Other respiratory diseases | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 |
22. | Peptic Ulcer | 15 | 4 | 19 | 21 |
23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 9 | 6 | 15 | 11 |
24. | Appendicitis | 8 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
25. | Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
26. | Other diseases of liver, etc. | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
27. | Other digestive diseases.. | 18 | 20 | 38 | 23 |
28. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 17 | 18 | 35 | 46 |
29. | Puerperal Sepsis | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
30. | Other Puerperal causes | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
31. | Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth, etc. | 23 | 15 | 38 | 37 |
32. | Senility | 10 | 11 | 21 | 17 |
33. | Suicide | 8 | 6 | 14 | 15 |
34. | Other violence | 26 | 19 | 45 | 33 |
35. | Other defined causes | 65 | 51 | 116 | 82 |
36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown .. | — | 2 | ||
Totals | 710 | 733 | 1443 | 1321 |
The age distribution of Cancer deaths was as follows: -
Under 1 yr. | 1-2 yrs. | 2-5 yrs. | 5-15 vrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 yrs. & over |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | — | — | — | 12 | 99 | 109 |