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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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Causes of Deaths, 1935.
Table No. 2.
| 1934 | |||||||
| 1. | Typhoid fever, etc. | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2. | Measles | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| 3. | Scarlet fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 4. | Whooping cough | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| 5. | Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 6. | Influenza | — | — | — | 5 | ||
| 7. | Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | ||
| 8. | Cerebro- spinal fever | — | 2 | 2 | — | ||
| 9. | Tuberculosis—respiratory | 14 | 10 | 24 | 27 | ||
| 10. | Other tuberculosis | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 11. | Syphilis | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| 12. | General paralysis of the insane, etc. | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| 13. | Cancer | 30 | 27 | 57 | 49 | ||
| 14. | Diabetes | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 15. | Cerebral haemorrhage | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 16. | Heart disease | 43 | 58 | 101 | 72 | ||
| 17. | Aneurysm | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| 18. | Other circulatory diseases | 14 | 8 | 22 | 19 | ||
| 19. | Bronchitis | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | ||
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 12 | 4 | 16 | 21 | ||
| 21. | Other respiratory diseases | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 22. | Peptic ulcer | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 24. | Appendicitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | ||
| 26. | Other liver diseases | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 28. | Nephritis | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||
| 29. | Puerperal sepsis | — | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| 30. | Other puerperal causes | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 31. | Congenital causes, etc | 14 | 9 | 23 | 17 | ||
| 32. | Senility | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 33. | Suicide | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 34. | Other violence | 21 | 7 | 28 | 9 | ||
| 35. | Other defined causes | 15 | 8 | 23 | 30 | ||
| 36. | Ill-defined causes | — | — | — | — | ||
| Special Causes (included in No. 35) | |||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | |||||
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | |||||
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | |||||
| Total Deaths | ... | 212 | 186 | 398 | 350 | ||