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Ruislip-Northwood 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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TABLE IV.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.
RUISLIP-NORTHWOOD URBAN DISTRICT.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occurring in or beyond the district. | Total Deaths whether of Residents or non-Residents in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | ||||||||||
| Scarlet fever | ||||||||||
| Whooping-cough | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | ||||||||||
| Croup | ||||||||||
| Fever | Typhus | |||||||||
| Enteric | ||||||||||
| other continued | ||||||||||
| Epidemic influenza | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Cholera | ||||||||||
| Plague | ||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Enteritis | ||||||||||
| Puerperal fever | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| Other septic diseases | ||||||||||
| Phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | ... | 5 | ||
| Other tubercular diseases | ||||||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |||
| Bronchitis | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||
| Pneumonia | I | ... | 1 | |||||||
| Pleurisy | ||||||||||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | ||||||||||
| Alcoholism | ||||||||||
| C'rrhosis of liver | ||||||||||
| Venereal diseases | ||||||||||
| Premature birth | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | ||||||||||
| Heart diseases | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Accidents | ||||||||||
| Suicides | ||||||||||
| All other causes | 16 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | |||
| Ail causes | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | |||