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Battersea 1931

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

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Table: TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1931.

TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1931.

causes of death.AllAges.0-1year.1-2 years.2-5 years.5-15 years.15-25 years.25-45 years.45-65 years.65 years upward.Total Deaths of Residentsand Non-Residents in Institutions in the District.
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers1..................1......
2. Measles2...2.....................
3. Scarlet Fever6...23...1............
4. Whooping Cough532..................2
5. Diphtheria5113...............3
6. Influenza563...2...35113222
7. Encephalitis Lethargica1...1..................1
8. Cerebro-Spinal Fever1...1..................5
9. Tuberculosis of respira t9ry system143............4157432132
1U. Other Tuberculous Diseases301456661126
11. Syphilis73.........1...215
12. General Paralysis of the Insane (Tabes Dorsalis)8............13317
13. Cancer, Malignant Disease283............318124138256
14. Diabetes18............1231224
15. Cerebral Hemorrhage, etc.50..................193147
16. Heart Disease527.........21022121372529
17. Aneurysm4..................223
18. Other Circulatory Diseases64...............2164616
19. Bronchitis867............6254846
20. Pneumonia (all forms)124297442123828113
21. Other Respiratory Diseases17............1...7914
22. Peptic Ulcer13..................10325
23. Diarrhoea, etc.1472.........23...17
24. Appendicitis8......221...1217
25. Cirrhosis of Liver3..................126
26. Other Diseases of Liver, etc.7..................4311
27. Other Digestive Diseases251...1...1512537
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis78.........1253040114
29. Puerperal Sepsis5............32......11
30. Other Puerperal Causes10............28......4
31. Congenital Diseases7575.....................77
32. Senility50.....................5050
33. Suicide14...............67111
34. Other Violence56419398111179
35. Other Defined Diseases135834712144443170
36. Causes Ill-defined or Unknown..............................
All Causes—M992841315155599323388953
F939581318104584216495927
Totals19311422633251001835398831880