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Coulsdon and Purley 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]

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TABLE III.—Causes of, and ages at, Death, April to December, 1915.

1Deaths at the subjoined apes of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District.11
Causes of Death.2345678910Total Deaths whether of Residents or non "Residents' in Public Institutions in the District.
All ages.Under 1.1 & under 2.2 & under 5.5 and under 15.15 & under 25.25 & under 45.45 & under 65.65 & upwards.
All causesCertified (c)96124325182626..
Uncertified....................
Enteric Fever..................4
Small Pox....................
Measles....................
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough11................
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Influenza3..............31
Erysipelas..................1
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)12........18217
Tuberculous Meningitis4112............
Other Tubercular Diseases..................1
Cancer, malignant disease14..........4643
Rheumatic Fever....................
Meningitis (Sen note (d))1....1............
Organic Heart Disease152........17668
Bronchitis3..........1..26
Pneumonia (all forms)1432..1223111
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs..................7
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (See. note (e))1............1....
Appendicitis and Typhlitis1............1....
Cirrhosis of Liver..................1
Alcoholism....................
Nephritis and Bright's Disease1..............11
Puerperal Fever....................
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition......................
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth22................
Violent Deaths, exeluding Suicides52........12....
Suicides1........1........
Other Defined Diseases17..1..1114950
Diseases ill-defined or unknown11................
Total96124325182626161
Sub-Entries included in above figures.
(a) Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1....1............
(b) Brain..................36

(а) All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the District who have died outside it,
are to be 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 have died in the District, are in like manner
to be excluded from these columns. For the precise meaning of the term " transferable deaths," see
footnote to Table I.
The total deaths in column 2 of Table III. should equal the figures for the year in column 12 of Table I.
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and infirm situated within the district, whether of residents
or of non-residents, are to be entered in the last column of Table III.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Pract'tioners and all Inquest cases are to be classed as "Certified;"
all other deaths are to be regarded as " Uncertified."
{d) Exclusive of " Tuberculous Meningitis (10), but inclusive of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
(e) Title 19 should be used for deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis at all ages. (In the "Short List" deaths
from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years are included under Title 19; those at 2 years and over being
placed under Title 28.)