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Battersea 1933

[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 1933.

TABLE III.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1933.

CAUSES OF DEATH.AllAges.0-1 year.1-2 years.2-5 years.5-15years.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 Para-typhoid Fevers21...............1...2
2. Measles11.....................1
3. Scarlet Fever6......231............
4. Whooping Cough124431............3
5. Diphtheria121127...1......1
6. Influenza71111...311213373
7. Encephalitis Lethargica1............1.........2
8. Cerebro spinal Fever4......21...1......1
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system1252......12557346142
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases212332712134
11. Syphilis3..................124
12. General Paralysis of the Insane (Tabes Dorsalis)8............11426
13. Cancer, Malignant Disease2891...1...125122138268
14. Diabetes22.........1...131718
15. Cerebral Haemorr-hage, etc.54............11143827
16. Heart Disease510......12...14108381528
17. Aneurysm14............12746
18. Other Circulatory Diseases75...............3126036
19. Bronchitis80112114244654
20. Pneumonia (all forms)1001686211333* 21110
21. Other Respiratory Diseases141.........1...7514
22. Peptic Ulcer18...............39635
23. Diarrhoea, etc25211......12......37
24. Appendicitis7.........12...2217
25. Cirrhosis of Liver5............113...4
26. Other Diseases of Liver, etc.8...............23312
27. Other Digestive Diseases25111l1261252
28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis72.........l192635125
29. Puerperal Sepsis4...............2......7
30. Other Puerperal Causes1...............1......6
31. Congenital Diseases5149.....................60
32. Senility34.....................3436
33. Suicide21...............813...14
34. Other Violence6742...86171317103
35. Other Defined Diseases16164683185264211
36. Causes Ill-defined or Unknown1.....................1...
All Causes—M99860151619381183074251093
F926521114222982213503956
Totals1924112263041672005209282049