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Leyton 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: Table IIIa .Causes of, and A ges at , D eath , T welve M onths ended D ecember 26 th , 1914. The detailed International List of Causes of Death as adapted for use in England and Wales.

Table IIIa .

Causes of, and A ges at , D eath , T welve M onths ended D ecember 26 th , 1914. The detailed International List of Causes of Death as adapted for use in England and Wales.

No.Diseases.Males.Females.AGES.All Ages.
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-
1.—General Diseases.
1Enteric Fever32.........1......22...............5
6Measles510492..............................15
7Scarlet Fever211...2..............................3
8Whooping Cough5168121..............................21
9Diphtheria, Croup1811...14114...........................29
10Influenza78............21......264......15
14Dysentery...1...........................1.........1
18Erysipelas...4.....................112.........4
20Pyæmia, Septicaemia3........................111.........3
24Tetanus1........................1...............1
28Pulmonary Tuberculosis57442......310821262092......101
29Acute Miliary Tuberculosis91...1...111123............10
30Tuberculous Meningitis96...941...1.....................15
31Tuberculosis of Peritoneum and Intestines66244.........1...1............12
32Tuberculosis of Spinal Column11.........1...............1.........2
35Disseminated Tuberculosis2......1.........1.....................2
37Syphilis323............1.........1.........5
39Cancer of the Buccal Cavity31.....................1...3......4
40Cancer of the Stomach, Liver, &c.1819..................13117104137
41Cancer of the Peritoneum, Intestines, Rectum1116..................1411074...27