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 Tottenham]
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TABLE OF DEATHS
during the Year 1935 in the Borough of Tottenham, classified
| Cause of Death. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Deaths at all ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Total Deaths, whether of "Residents'' or "non-Residents'" in Institutions in t he District. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 55. | 55 and under 65. | 65 and under 75. | 75 and under 85. | 85 and upwards. | Bruce Grove & Central. | Chestnuts. | Coleraine. | Green Lanes. | High Cross. | Park. | Seven Sisters. | Stamford Hill. | Town Hall. | West Green. | White Hart Lane. | ||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 22 | ||
| Diphtheria | 14 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | ||
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cerehro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 114 | - | - | - | 1 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | |
| Syuhilis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 211 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 37 | 59 | 60 | 35 | 2 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 35 |
| Diabetes | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 68 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | |
| Heart Disease | 383 | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 119 | 119 | 40 | 42 | 35 | 23 | 35 | 25 | 39 | 40 | 27 | 48 | 44 | 25 | 24 |
| Aneurysm | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Bronchitis | 85 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 119 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Peptic Ulcer | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Diarrhoea, etc. | 20 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Appendicitis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||||||
| Other Digestive Diseases | 27 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 51 | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 7 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | - | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Puerperal Sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other Puerperal Causes | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations | 47 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Senility | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | |||
| Suicide | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Other Violence | 38 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Other Defined Diseases | 80 | 12 | - | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| Causes Ill-defined or Unknown | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Totals | 1456 | 108 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 153 | 255 | 315 | 272 | 73 | 140 | 139 | 86 | 138 | 103 | 157 | 155 | 104 | 154 | 149 | 131 | 222 |