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Hampstead 1940

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

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Table: Age and SexAllocation ofDeaths ofHampsteadResidents during theYear1940.

Age and SexAllocation ofDeaths ofHampsteadResidents during theYear1940.

CAUSES OF DEATHNett deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the Borough.
Sex.All ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5years.5 and under 15years.15 and under 45 years.45 and under 05years.65 years and upwards.
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1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid FeversM.....................
F1............1...
2. Cerebro spinal FeverM3......111...
F1.........1......
3. Scarlet FeverM.....................
F.....................
4. Whooping CoughM.....................
F.....................
5. DiphtheriaM.....................
F.....................
6, Tuberculosis of respiratory systemM26.........14102
F12......1551
7. Other Tuberculous DiseasesM41......111
F3.........2...1
8. Syphilitic diseaseM4............4...
F.....................
9. InfluenzaM9.........234
F15.........114
10. MeaslesM.....................
F.....................
11. Acute Polio-myelites and Polio-encephalitisM.....................
F.....................
12. Acute Infantile EncephalitisM.....................
F.....................
13 Cancer of Bucal Cavity and (Esophagus (M) Uterus (F)M11.........146
F7............34
14. Cancer of Stomach and DuodenumM11............56
F14............59
15. Cancer of breastF18.........396
16. Cancer of all other sitesM53.........12428
F56.........62030
17. DiabetesM4.........1...3
F7.........124
18. Intracranial vascular lesionsM41.........31721
F64............1153
19. Heart DiseaseM129.........24384
F160.........320137
20. Other diseases of circulatory systemM11......1...19
F19............217
91. BronchitisM332......11416
F25............223
22. Pneumonia (all forms)M272.........718
F17.........2411
23. Other Respiratory DiseasesM5......1112
F7............34
24. Ulcer of stomach or duodenumM10.........145
F6.........141
25. Diarrhœa under 2 yearsM33...............
F.....................
26. AppendicitisM5............41
F4......1...21
27. Other digestive diseasesM10.........154
F18.........2511
28. NephritisM141......175
F121......156
29. Puerperal and post abort SepsisF1.........1......
30. Other maternal causesF3.........3......
31. Premature birthM1111...............
F66...............
32. Congenital malformation birth inj. infant dis.M861...1......
F43......1......
33. SuicideM11.........173
F5.........131
34. Road traffic accidentsM8...1313...
F3.........12...
35. Other violence causesM572...121258
F79131213221
36. All other causesM46.........3835
F47......17930
All causesM554282758198261
F605103463150375
Totals115938511121348636

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All " Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the Borough who died outside
it, have been included. Transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., of persons resident
elsewhere in England and Wales who died in the Borough, have in like manner been
excluded.