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Willesden 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Appendix A.—Table II(a).

CAUSES OF DEATH IN BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN AS CIRCULATED BY REGISTRAR-GENERAL.—1934.

Causes of Death-		M.	F.
All Causes		969	985
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers		1	–
2.Measles		12	10
3.Scarlet fever		3	1
4.Whooping cough		2	6
5.Diphtheria		12	6
6.Influenza		6	5
7.Encephalitis lethargica		–	–
8.Cerebro-spinal fever		2	4
9.Tuberculosis of respiratory system		80	51
10.Other tuberculous diseases		7	9
11. Syphilis		4	–
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis		6	3
13. Cancer, malignant disease		124	160
14. Diabetes		12	12
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.		43	52
16. Heart disease		169	217
17. Aneurysm		5	3
18. Other circulatory diseases		38	46
19. Bronchitis		26	37
20. Pneumonia (all forms)		70	57
21. Other respiratory diseases		22	14
22. Peptic ulcer		24	8
23. Diarrhoea, etc (under 2 years)		11	10
24. Appendicitis		8	6
25. Cirrhosis of liver		5	2
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.		5	4
27. Other digestive diseases		23	19
28. Acute and chronic nephritis		34	31
29 Puerperal sepsis		–	3
30- Other puerperal causes		–	6
31- Congenital debility, premature birth, malforma-ations, etc-		43	31
32- Senility		23	66
33- Suicide		16	5
34- Other violence		37	18
35- Other defined diseases		94	83
36- Causes ill-defined or unknown		2	–
Special Causes (included in No- 35 above):—			–
Small-pox		–	–
Poliomyelitis		–	–
Polioencephalitis		–	–
Deaths of Infants under 1year	Total	69	51
	Legitimate	60	50
	Illegitimate	9	1