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Hendon 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: TABLE V.—Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year 1925. Name or District—HENDON (URBAN) MIDDLESEX.

TABLE V.—Causes of, and ages at, Death during Year 1925. Name or District—HENDON (URBAN) MIDDLESEX.

Causes of 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 year.2 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years65 and upwards
All causesCertified552369962570168229339
Uncertified..............................
Enteric Fever3...............3......1
Small-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever1...1..................1
Whooping-Cough4211...............1
Diphtheria3......12............3
Influenza121...1......1451
Encephalitis Lethargica1..................1...1
Meningoccocal meningitis1...............1.........
Pulmonary Tuberculosis29............61292195
Other tuberculous diseases7......113...113
Cancer, malignant disease78.........116373324
Rheumatic Fever2...............2.........
Diabetes5...............122...
Cerebral Hæmorrhage34...............2141817
Heart disease87.........116304924
Arterio-sclerosis19...............14142
Bronchitis3031.........13225
Pneumonia38242...199118
Other respiratory diseases5............12...2...
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum6...............2224
Diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years)22.....................1
Appendicitis and typhlitis6............123...3
Cirrhosis of liver.4..................311
Acute and chronic nephritis15..................874
Puerperal sepsis..............................
Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition1...............1......1
Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth1515..................3
Suicide16............1771...
Other deaths from violence244...1...33674
Other defined diseases102712177255232
Causes ill-defined or unknown2...1.........1.........
Totals552369962570168229339