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Paddington 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Deaths of Residents of the Borough 1938. Sex-Age Distribution for Whole Borough.

Deaths of Residents of the Borough 1938. Sex-Age Distribution for Whole Borough.

All Ages.Deaths at Ages
0—1—2—5—15—25—35—45—55—65—75—
M.F.p.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
All Causes7647931557764913849651916273637318159165123170172166285
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers-------------------------
Measles4711112412----------------
Scarlet Fever-------------------------
Whooping Cough12311---1----------------
Diphtheria448-----242--------------
Influenza3811-----------111-212-111
Encephalitis Lethargica-11----------------------
Cerebro-spinal Fever-------------------------
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System422870--------858984657-54-1
Other Tuberculous Diseases4711-----1--122112-------1
Syphilis9514121---------1-2132--1-
General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis9312-----------32-3-1-2-1-
Cancer, Malignant Disease121118269——1————11—22471718414237321846
Diabetes101424-------------1--23b822
Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc.163046--------------2-6567218
Heart Disease203221424-----1——1123441574227615578123
Aneurysm246---------------111-111
Other Circulatory Diseases484290---------------113417161821
Bronchitis16213751—————————1——21154647
Pneumonia (all forms)68431112186321——13—13151127103815
Other Respiratory Diseases66121----------2111—122——1
Peptic Ulcer12517------------214—212221
Diarrhoea, etc.14122612122-------------------
Appendicitis538————11——1——11111—
Cirrhosis of Liver426——————————————1—31—1——
Other Diseases of Liver, etc.134-------------------31-
Other Digestive Diseases17274413-----111142—35422635
Acute and Chronic Nephritis151833————————1—1—1—422342211
Puerperal Sepsis-11-----------1----------
Other Puerperal Causes-22----------------------
Congenital debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc.3019493019--------------------
Senility51015-------------------159
Suicide211132------1--1311144832—21
Other Violence2823511111————11523—83332349
Other defined diseases—11---------------------1
Causes ill-defined or unknown-------------------------