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Finchley 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: TABLE ICAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR, 1949

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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR, 1949

No.CAUSES OF DEATHNET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF 'RESIDENTS" WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICTTotal Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Nonresidents" in Institutions in the DistrictWARDS
All CausesCertifiedAll AgesUnder1 and under 22 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwardsNorth WardEast WardWest Ward
Uncertified
1.Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.......................................
2Cerebro-Spinal Fever.......................................
3Scarlet Fever.......................................
4.Whooping Cough.......................................
5.Diphtheria.......................................
6.Tuberculosis of Respiratory System18............277212106
7.Other Forms of Tuberculosis5............1...31...122
8.Syphilitic Disease3..................12...2...1
9.Influenza7..................2512"14
10.Measles.......................................
11.Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis3.........1...2............11
12.Acute Infectious Encephalitis.......................................
13M1. Cancer of Buccal Cavity and (Esophagus (Males only)3...............111...111
13f. Cancer of Uterus13..................581355
14.Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum19...............25121568
15.Cancer of Breast19...............3792568
16.Cancer of all other sites115...............7505713393145
17.Diabetes7..................16...331
18.Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions83...............397123221843
19.Heart Disease262...............75020535739594
20.Other Diseases of the Circulatory System46...............19361326911
21.Bronchitis41..................10315161114
22.Pneumonia301............14231011145
23.Other Respiratory Diseases121.........1...28...417
24.Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum10...............3342424
25.Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)22........................11
26.Appendicitis5............1121*332
27.Other Digestive Diseases141...11104"i5
28.Nephritis20......12710"4389
29.Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis.......................................
30.Other Maternal Causes..............................
31.Premature Birth3"3,.."i"l7 60
32.Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Disease1181l15623
33.Suicide83"3521
34.Road Traffic Accidents3............1...22->1
35.Other Violent Causes17"2...1111"29433Vi
36.All Other Causes4612257298151615
826191261053191544134262254310

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