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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
Chigwell 1939
[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 | 268 | 287 | |
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 2 | .. |
| 2. | Measles | .. | .. |
| 3. | Scarlet fever | .. | .. |
| 4. | Whooping cough | .. | 1 |
| 5. | Diphtheria | .. | .. |
| 6. | Influenza | 4 | 10 |
| 7. | Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | .. |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal fever | .. | .. |
| 9. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 15 | 7 |
| 10. | Other tuberculous diseases | 2 | 1 |
| 11. | Syphilis | .. | .. |
| 12. | General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 1 | .. |
| 13. | Cancer, malignant disease | 51 | 55 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 5 | 4 |
| 15. | Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 11 | 27 |
| 16. | Heart disease | 67 | 53 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 3 | 1 |
| 18. | Other circulatory diseases | 8 | 18 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 7 | 9 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 10 | 12 |
| 21. | Other respiratory diseases | .. | 3 |
| 22. | Peptic ulcer | 5 | .. |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 2 | .. |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 1 | .. |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | .. |
| 26. | Other diseases of liver, etc. | .. | 6 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 5 | 6 |
| 28. | Acute and chronic nephritis | 6 | 4 |
| 29. | Puerperal sepsis | .. | 1 |
| 30. | Other puerperal causes | .. | 1 |
| 31. | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 12 | 9 |
| 32. | Senility | 7 | 28 |
| 33. | Suicide | 6 | 5 |
| 34. | Other voilence | 12 | 6 |
| 35. | Other defined diseases | 23 | 20 |
| 36. | Causes ill-defined or unknown | .. | .. |
| Diarrhoea (2 years and over) | 1 | .. | |
| Special Causes (included in No. 35 above):- | |||
| Anthrax | .. | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | |
| Polioencephalitis | .. | .. | |
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