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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
Southall-Norwood 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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T able N o. 2.
| Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 174 | 176 | |
| 1. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | - | - |
| 2. | Measles | - | 3 |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | 2 | - |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | - | 2 |
| 5. | Diphtheria | - | 1 |
| 6. | Influenza | 3 | 2 |
| 7. | Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - |
| 8. | Cerebre-Spinal Fever | - | - |
| 9. | Tuberculosis—Respiratory | 17 | 10 |
| 10. | Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 2 |
| 11. | Svphilis | 1 | - |
| 12. | General Paralvsis of the Insane | - | 1 |
| 13. | Cancer, Malignant Disease | 22 | 27 |
| 14. | Diabetes | - | 5 |
| 15. | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc | 3 | 5 |
| 16. | Heart Disease | 36 | 36 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | - | 2 |
| 18. | Other Circulatory Diseases | 8 | 11 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 8 | 5 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 8 | 13 |
| 21. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 2 | 3 |
| 22. | Peptic Ulcer | 5 | - |
| 23. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 1 | 2 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 4 | 1 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of Liver | - | - |
| 26. | Other diseases of the Liver | 1 | 1 |
| 27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 9 | 6 |
| 28. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 6 | 7 |
| 29. | Puerperal Sepsis | - | - |
| 30. | Other Puerperal Causes | - | 1 |
| 31. | Congential Debility, Malformations, etc. | 9 | 8 |
| 32. | Senility | 2 | 3 |
| 33. | Suicide | 5 | 1 |
| 34. | Other Violence | 7 | 2 |
| 35. | Other Defined Diseases | 14 | 16 |
| 36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown : | ||
| Special causes (included in No. 35) | - | - | |
| Smallpox | - | - | |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | |
| Polioencephalitis | - | - | |
| Total Deaths | 350 |