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Causes of Death.
The principal causes of death during the year are stated in the following table, and, for
comparison, the figures and averages for the previous 10 years are also given:—
Diseases.
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
Average
for
10 years
1932
Heart Disease
461
394
398
381
388
448
465
603
430
553
452
590
Cancer
302
319
298
324
301
292
321
297
357
355
317
359
Tuberculosis—all forms
315
272
271
231
212
217
216
250
189
206
238
189
Pneumonia
265
201
200
204
155
207
181
295
160
203
207
184
Injuries
127
113
114
118
142
132
145
129
165
121
131
123
Bronchitis
308
223
304
274
259
227
138
255
106
143
224
99
Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Embolism,
and Apoplexy
120
112
118
123
110
92
67
78
99
92
101
63
Diarrhœa and Enteritis
47
61
63
55
63
35
52
48
52
33
51
61
Congenital Debility, Malformation
and Premature Birth
126
119
105
94
100
69
86
88
72
76
94
58
Nephritis and Bright's Disease
67
79
75
75
89
84
83
72
72
61
76
55
Influenza
142
24
80
41
29
83
14
137
14
49
61
41
Measles
107
5
74
3
65
5
127
7
31
2
43
27
Whooping Cough
29
28
46
71
24
35
24
77
4
14
35
25
Erysipelas
12
4
4
12
8
6
2
4
9
8
7
17
Rheumatic Fever
15
8
5
18
10
13
15
7
17
18
13
16
Diphtheria and Croup
44
20
22
34
12
6
12
18
32
19
22
10
Puerperal Fever
4
9
4
4
1
4
3
4
-
2
4
9
Scarlet Fever
20
3
12
—
2
2
1
4
7
2
5
5
Pleurisy
10
8
8
16
5
3
7
5
6
4
7
3
Enteric Fever
1
3
2
3
1
2
1
3
1
1
2
2
The Registrar-General's short list of deaths at different age periods is given in Table 2
on page 101, and, for the purpose of comparison, the death rates for England and Wales, the
County of London, the Metropolitan Boroughs, and certain of the large towns are given in
Table 4 on page 105.
It will be noted that 24 Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower and 4 a higher general
death rate than St. Pancras,
Of the total 2,545 St. Pancras deaths which occurred during the year, no less than
1,707 took place in public institutions; this equals a proportion of 67 per cent. of the total
deaths.