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Kensington 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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TABLE II Causes of death at Different Periods of life in 1937.

Causes of Death.Sex.All ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 16 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.76 and upwards
all causesM.1,03610811811334749101193254221
F.1,3096910712264959107205296469
Typhoid and paratyphoid feversM.1..............1......
F.1..............1......
MeaslesM.1......1..............
F.........................
Scarlet feverM.1....1................
F.1....1................
Whooping coughM.321..................
F.22....................
DiphtheriaM.........................
F.4....21......1......
InfluenzaM.311......4137285
F.69l........255111431
Encephalitis lethargicaM.1................1....
F.........................
Cerebro-spinal feverM.........................
F.311....1............
Tuberculosis of respiratory sys temM.58........5147121271
F.562......81587871
Other tuberculous diseasesM.9l12..1112......
F.71l..111..11....
SyphilisM.8..........11141..
F................. .. .. .. .
General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalisM.6......... .1..3..2..
F.1................1....
Cancer, malignant diseaseM.130....2..11114424326
F.214......1231039555153
DiabetesM.7................232
F.20........1....1585
Cerebral haemorrhage, etc.M.35..............291014
F.58............2591725
Heart diseaseM.241........2..318478586
F.384......14581836114198
AneurysmM8..............2213
F.7............22111
Other circulatory diseasesM.40............1541317
F.78............13132338
BronchitisM.235............3465
F.322...........34221
Pneumonia (all forms)M.97235..123127161612
F.721631..155481118
Other respiratory diseasesM.12....l....11..243
F.11..........12..215
Peptic ulcerM.13............1174..
F.12..........1....533
Diarrhoea, etc.M.31262..............12
F.16131........2........
AppendicitisM.11......1113..41..
F.9....1ll......231
Cirrhosis of liverM.9............23211
F.2..........1......1..
Other diseases of liver, etc.M.6..........1....131
F.8..............1223
Other digestive diseasesM.183........213234
F.2331..1..111267
Acute and chronic nephritisM.30......l1....29116
F.22........l..22656
Puerperal sepsisF.2........1..1........
Other puerperal causesF.5.........5..........
Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation, etc.M.4141....................
F.2726....1..............
SenilityM.7..................16
F.16....................16
SuicideM.23........2622551
F.17........14145..2
Other violenceM.53..2149755758
F.401..21....428913
Other defined diseasesM.806..l3575791918
F.8812..44557211821
Causes ill-defined, or unknownM.2..............1..1..
F.2..1................1