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Battersea 1932

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

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Table: TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Deatd during tde Year 1932.

TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Deatd during tde Year 1932.

CAUSES OF DEATH.All Ages.0-1 years.1-2 years.2-5 years.5-15 years.15-25 years.25-45 years.45-65 years.65 years upwards.Total deatd of residentsand Non-Residents in Institutions in tde Districts.
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.........2.....................
2. Measles237772............3
3. Scarlet Fever413..................
4. Whooping Cough11542............5
5. Diphtderia92132......1...1
6. Influenza402134131739
7. Encephalitis Letdargica1..................1...1
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever611...4............5
9. Tuberculosis of respira tory system141.........43355427123
10. Otder Tuberculous Diseases233331524229
11. Syphilis54............1...2
12. General Paralysis of tde Insane (Tabes Dorsalis)9................2529
13. Cancer, Malignant Disease2681....1...217114133239
14. Diabetes17............21519
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.72................2254551
16. Heart Disease545......131226101402489
17. Aneurysm9............16214
18. Otder Circulatory Diseases63............1164519
19. Bronchitis72...............7184745
20. Pneumonia (all forms)10318766412222893
21. Otder Respiratory...............
Diseases15......37513
22. Peptic Ulcer14...128326
23. Diarrhœa, etc.282111......11358
24. Appendicitis11...l...3...23219
25. Cirrhosis of Liver8.........1...16...9
26. Otder Diseases of Liver, etc.5...............2128
27. Otder Digestive Diseases303......11513734
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis54.........112242697
29. Puerperal Sepsis2...............2......4
30. Otder Puerperal
Causes2................2......5
31. Congenital Diseases5756......1............54
32. Senility42......................4265
33. Suicide21............710415
34. Otder Violence4221...475111282
35. Otder Defined Diseases1429...859263946165
36. Causes Ill-defined or Unknown1.....................1...
All Causes—M.951731817203697274416943
F.94461918194392220482897
Totals1895134273539791894948981840
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers..............................
2. Measles237772............3
3. Scarlet Fever413..................
4. Whooping Cough11542............5
5. Diphtderia92132......1...1
6. Influenza402134131739
7. Encephalitis Letdargica1..................1...1
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever611...4............5
9. Tuberculosis of respira tory system141.........43355427123
10. Otder Tuberculous Diseases233331524229
11. Syphilis54............1...2
12. General Paralysis of tde Insane (Tabes Dorsalis)9................2529
13. Cancer, Malignant Disease2681....1...217114133239
14. Diabetes17............21519
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.72................2254551
16. Heart Disease545......131226101402489
17. Aneurysm9............16214
18. Otder Circulatory Diseases63............1164519
19. Bronchitis72...............7184745
20. Pneumonia (all forms)10318766412222893
21. Otder Respiratory...............
Diseases15......37513
22. Peptic Ulcer14...128326
23. Diarrhœa, etc.282111......11358
24. Appendicitis11...l...3...23219
25. Cirrhosis of Liver8.........1...16...9
26. Otder Diseases of Liver, etc.5...............2128
27. Otder Digestive Diseases303......11513734
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis54.........112242697
29. Puerperal Sepsis2...............2......4
30. Otder Puerperal
Causes2................2......5
31. Congenital Diseases5756......1............54
32. Senility42......................4265
33. Suicide21............710415
34. Otder Violence4221...475111282
35. Otder Defined Diseases1429...859263946165
36. Causes Ill-defined or Unknown1.....................1...
All Causes—M.951731817203697274416943
F.94461918194392220482897
Totals1895134273539791894948981840