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Battersea 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Deaths Registered from all Causes for the Year 1920—continued.

Causes of Death.AGES.Registration Districts.Sex.
0 to11to22 to 55 to 1010to 1515to 2525 to 3535 to 4545to5555 to6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwardsTotals.E.N.W.S.W.M.F.
m.fm.f.m.f
8.— Diseases of the Skin and of the Cellular Tissue.
142. (a) Senile Gangrene...........................11......2......1......111
(b) Gangrene (other types)..............................1......1.........1.........1
143. Carbuncle, Boil..................................................................
144. (b) Acute Abscess...11.................................2.........2.........2
145. Diseases of the Integumentary System
(c) Pemphigus1....................................1...............1...1
(d) Other Skin Disease.................................1...1............1...1...
9.—Diseases of the Bones and of the Organs of Locomotion.
146. Diseases of the Bones.........11.........1............32......1......21
147. Diseases of the Joints.... ..............................................................
148. Amputations..................................................................
149 Other Diseases of Locomotor System..................................................................
10.—Malformations.
150. Congenital Malformations :
(a) Congenital Hydrocephalus1....................................1..................11
(c) Congenital Malformation of Heart41...1...........................6212.........51
(d) Other Congenital Malformations4....................................41.........1222
11.—Diseases of Early Infancy.
151. (a) Premature Birth73....................................7316131713683934
(b) Infantile Debility32....................................329656331715
(c) Icterus Neonatoram4....................................4......1...2131
152. (a) Diseases of Umbilicus, &c.1....................................1...............1...1
(b) Atelectasis17....................................1744621...116
(c) Other Diseases peculiar to early Infancy3....................................3...111......12
153. Lack of Care5....................................5...112...114
Carried forward384576858328892138169248323213431913424381290267277274991922

12.—Old Age.

12.—Old Age.
154. (a) Senile Dementia..............................1_...1......1.........1...
(b) Senile Decay......••..................1144821849278137202460
13.—Affections Produced by External Causes.
155. Suicide by Poison• ••............1...11............3...11......112
156. „ Asphyxia.....................112.........43...1.........4...
157. ,, Hanging or Strangulation.....................122.........51121......32
158. „ Drowning..................1...1......1...31...1...1...3...
159. „ Firearms..................1..................11...............1...
160. ,, Cutting or Piercing Instruments..................1...11......31...1...1...3...
161. „ Jumping from High Place..................1..................11...............1...
162. ,, Crushing........................11.........21.........1...2...
163. ,, Other Means..................................................................
164. Poisoning by Food..................................................................
165. Other Acute Poisonings........................1............1......1......1...
166. Conflagration..................................................................
167. Burns (Conflagration excepted)...33......2...............1...912131136
168. Absorption of Deleterious Gases (Conflagration excepted)1...........................:::......1.........1.........1
169. Accidental Drowning.........21...111............64......11...51
170. Injuries—Firearms...............................................................
171. „ Cutting or Piercing Instruments..................................................................
172. „ Fall11...1...2...12711118931221126
173. „ Mines and Quarries...............................................................
174. „ Machines...............1111
175. ,, Vehicles, Railways, &c.......161...32113......1891413...162
176. „ by Animals..................................................................
177. Starvation..................................................................
178. Excessive Cold..................................................................
179. Effects of Heat..................................................................
180. Lightning..................................................................
181. Electricity (Lightning excepted)..................................................................
184. Homicide..................2..................2.........1.........2
186. Other Violence........................1............1.........1.........1
189. Ill defined causes—(a) Heart Failure..............................1......1.....................1
(b) Atrophy...1.................................11...............1...
Total386627267349310114718126334426465207946641731229129529810731006