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Ealing 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Table IV.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1909.
BOROUGH OF EALING.
| Causes of Death. | Dkaths at the Subjoined Agks of Residents," whkthkk occurring in or bkyond the district. | Deaths at am. ages of "Residents" BELONGING TO LOCALITIES WHETHE OCCURRING IN OR BEYOND THE DISTRICT. | Total Deaths whether of Residents or "Non-Residents" in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Drayton Ward. | Castlebar Ward. | Mount Park Ward. | Lammas Ward. | Manor Ward. | Grange Ward. | ||
| Measles | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 11 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 19 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 7 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Diphtheria (inc. Mem. Croup) | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| Enteric fever | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Epidemic influenza | 10 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Gastritis | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Phthisis (Pul. Tuberculosis) | 38 | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 29 | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 5 | - |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 54 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 62 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 9 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 2 | - |
| Pneumonia | 53 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Pleurisy | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory Organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alcoholism . | 12 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Cirrhosis of liver | ||||||||||||||
| Venereal diseases | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Premature births | 15 | 15 | -_ | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Heart diseases | 48 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| Accidents | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 |
| Suicides | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| All other causes | 250 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 62 | 130 | 28 | 28 | 39 | 79 | 58 | 18 | 5 |
| All causes | 632 | 90 | 66 | 14 | 18 | 203 | 241 | 82 | 67 | 80 | 215 | 132 | 56 | 25 |
| C. A. PATTEN, | ||||||||||||||