Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Table 11.
Causes of death. | Civil Residents all ages.* | |
All causes | Certified | ... |
Uncertified | ... | |
1 Enteric Fever | ... | |
2 Small-Pox | ... | |
3 Measles | ||
4 Scarlet Fever | 1 | |
5 Whooping-cough | 1 | |
6 Diphtheria and Croup | 5 | |
7 Influenza | 28 | |
8 Erysipelas | 2 | |
9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 38 | |
10 Tuberculosis Meningitis | 4 | |
11 Other Tuberculous diseases | 1 | |
12 Cancer, malignant disease | 44 | |
13 Rheumatic Fever | ... | |
14 Meningitis | 1 | |
15 Organic Heart Disease | 61 | |
16 Bronchitis | 56 | |
17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 17 | |
18 Other Diseases, Respiratory Organs | 3 | |
19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 8 | |
20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 2 | |
21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | |
21a Alcoholism | ... | |
22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 14 | |
23 Puerperal Fever | 2 | |
24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | ... | |
25 Congenital Debility and Malformation including Premature Birth | 35 | |
26 Violent Deaths, excluding suicide | 14 | |
27 Suicide | 5 | |
28 Other defined diseases | 125 | |
29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | ||
468 |
According to figures furnished by the Registrar-General.