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Hampstead 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: TABLE III.{Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1917.

TABLE III.

{Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.)

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1917.

Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occuring within or without the Borough.Total Deaths,whether of " Residents " or '' Non-residents " in Institutions in the Borough.
All ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 4 5 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.
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All causesCertified (a)9229020122041104246389
Uncertified..............................
1 Enteric Fever3...............21...5
2 Small-pox..............................
3 Measles10253...............55
4 Scarlet Fever...........................10
5 Whooping-cough1......1...............15
6 Diphtheria and Croup31......2............50
7 Influenza15...............1410...
8 Erysipelas..............................
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)69............212918193
10 Tuberculous Meningitis812...1211...3
11 Other Tuberculous Diseases8......13121...14
12 Cancer, malignant disease107...1.........8584049
13 Rheumatic Fever3.........2......1...1
14 Meningitis (b)7212...11......2
15 Organic Heart Disease97............3927588
16 Bronchitis7331...1...46586
17 Pneumonia (all forms)8112101428162819
18 Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs161......113736
19 Diarrhœa and Enteritis (c)129...............123
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis4............1...3...2
21 Cirrhosis of Liver3..................121
21a Alcoholism3..................12...
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease331............32099
23 Puerperal Fever...............8.........2
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition1...............1......5
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature birth4341...11............3
26 Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide243...21159313
27 Suicides7...............3312
28 Other Defined Diseases29114...148246817250
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown..............................
Sub-Entries, included in above figures.9229020122041104246389
14 (a). Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1............1.........10
28 (a). Polio-Myelitis..............................

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All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the Borough who died
outside it, have been included with the other deaths in columns 2-10. Transferable
deaths of non-residents, i.e.. of persons resident elsewhere in England and "Wales who
died in the Borough have in like manner been excluded from these columns.
(a) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest cases are classed
as "Certified ": all other deaths are regarded as " Uncertified."
(b) Exclusive of "Tuberculous Meningitis" (see title 10), but inclusive of Cerebro-spinal
Meningitis.
(c) Title 1 9 is used for deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis at all ages
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