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Ealing 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE 111.
Deaths registered during the Calendar Year 1918 classified by age and cause.
BOROUGH OF EALING.
| Causes or Death. | Nett Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of Residents or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under25 | 25 and under45 | 45 and under65 | 65 and upwards. | ||
| Enteric fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | 1 |
| Measles | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and croup | 4 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Influenza | 161 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 65 | 20 | 9 | 16 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phthisis (Pul. Tuberculosis) | 61 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 13 | — | 2 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 4 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 83 | — | — | - | — | 1 | 11 | 24 | 47 | 6 |
| Rheumatic fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | — |
| Meningitis | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Organic Heart Disease | 72 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 43 | — |
| Bronchitis | 49 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 11 | 28 | — |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 66 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory Organs | 17 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 16 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 19 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and | ||||||||||
| parturition | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Congenital debility and Malformation, including | ||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 25 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 15 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | 3 | 7 |
| Suicide | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other defined diseases | 136 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 40 | 134 | 19 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 880 | 72 | 20 | 27 | 44 | 71 | 180 | 163 | 303 | 91 |