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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE III.
Deaths registered during the Calendar Year 1920 classified by age and cause.
| Causes or Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages or " residents," whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of 1' 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 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| All causes: | Certified | 673 | 64 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 82 | 172 | 281 | 126 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | |
| Enteric Fever | _ | _ | _ | - | |||||||
| Small-Pox | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | ||
| Measles | 3 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | ||
| Whooping Cough ... | 1 | — | 1 | _ | - | ||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | _ | 17 | |
| Influenza | 28 | — | _ | _ | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | - | — | — | _ | _ | _ | - | ||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 42 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 1 | - | ||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 9 | 1 | - | — | 5 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | 3 | |
| Other Tuberculous diseases | 6 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Cancer, malignant disease... | 74 | — | _ | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 33 | 34 | 16 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 6 | — | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meningitis | 3 | — | - | — | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | ||
| Organic Heart Disease | 82 | — | _ | — | — | 1 | 7 | 29 | 45 | 6 | |
| Bronchitis | 40 | 1 | _ | 2 | — | _ | 1 | 10 | 26 | - | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 48 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | |
| Other disease of Respiratory Organs) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 9 | 9 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 8 | — | _ | _ | 2 | _ | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | - | |
| Alcoholism | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Nephritis and Bright's | |||||||||||
| Disease | 18 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | -_ | — | -_ | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | |
| Other accidents and diseases | |||||||||||
| of Pregnancy and Par | |||||||||||
| turition | 3 | — | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 3 | |
| Congential Debility and Malformation, including Premature Births | 29 | 27 | 2 | 11 | |||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 12 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| Suicide | 6 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Other Defined Diseases | 225 | 20 | _ | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 138 | 31 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Totals | 673 | 64 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 30 | 82 | 172 | 281 | 126 | |