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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Deaths from - Canoer (all ages) 194
Measles (all ages) 4
Whooping Cough (all ages).. 8
Diarrhoea (under 2 years).. 8
Table of Deaths during the year 1941 in the Borough
of Tottenham, classified aocording to Diseases.
Cause of Death.
Males
Females
Totals.
Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers.
-
-
-
Measles
1
3
4
Scarlet Fever
-
—
-
Whooping Cough
3
5
8
Diphtheria
3
2
5
Influenza
7
9
16
Encephalitis Lethargica
-
1
1
Cerebro-Spinal Pever
1
-
1
Tuberculosis of Respiratory
System.
68
38
106
Other Tuberculous Diseases
6
8
14
Syphilis
6
3
9
General Paralysis of the Insane
Tabes Dorsal is
-
-
-
Cancer, Malignant Disease
96
98
194
Diabetes
2
12
14
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.
40
74
114
Heart Disease
170
174
344
Other Circulatory Diseases
16
15
31
Bronchitis
63
53
116
Pneumonia (all forms)
54
50
104
Other respiratory diseases
6
5
11
Peptic Ulcer
21
2
23
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)
4
4
8
Appendicitis
7
5
12
Other Digestive Diseases
13
7
20
Acute and Chronic Nephritis
17
15
32
Puerperal Sepsis
—
2
2
Other Puerperal Causes
-
1
1
Congenital Debility, Premature
Birth, Malformations.
16
14
30
Road traffic accidents.
7
4
11
Other violent causes
38
34
72
Suicide
7
5
12
All other causes.
60
43
103
732
686
1,418
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