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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The following is the Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | 258 | 264 | |
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | ... | 1 |
| 2. | Measles | ... | ... |
| 3. | Scarlet fever | ... | ... |
| 4. | Whooping cough | 1 | ... |
| 5. | Diphtheria | ... | 2 |
| 6. | Influenza | 5 | 7 |
| 7. | Encephalitis lethargica | ... | ... |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal fever | ... | ... |
| 9. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 17 | 9 |
| 10. | Other tuberculous diseases | 4 | 1 |
| 11. | Syphilis | 1 | ... |
| 12. | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | ... | ... |
| 13. | Cancer, malignant disease | 41 | 44 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 2 | 9 |
| 15. | Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 14 | 13 |
| 16. | Heart disease | 58 | 71 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 2 | ... |
| 18. | Other circulatory diseases | 7 | 11 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 9 | 8 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 14 | 12 |
| 21. | Other respiratory diseases | 3 | 4 |
| 22. | Peptic ulcer | 2 | ... |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 5 | ... |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 2 | 3 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 1 |
| 26. | Other diseases of liver, etc. | ... | 3 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 8 | 6 |
| 28. | Acute and chronic nephritis | 9 | 6 |
| 29. | Puerperal sepsis | ... | ... |
| 30. | Other puerperal causes | ... | ... |
| 31. | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 10 | 5 |
| 32. | Senility | 3 | 16 |
| 33. | Suicide | 6 | 3 |
| 34. | Other violence | 12 | 9 |
| 35. | Other defined diseases | 22 | 19 |
| 36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | ... | 1 |
| Special Causes (included in No. 35 above):— Smallpox | ... | ... | |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | |
| Polioencephalitis | ... | ... | |