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Southgate 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Table III.

Causes of and Ages at Death during the Year 1920.

Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.Total deaths whether of "Residents'' or "Non-Residents" in Public Institutions in the District.
All ages.Under year.1 and Under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
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All Causes—
Certified8552533315509415840
Uncertified
Enteric Fever....................
Small-pox....................
Measles211............
Scarlet Fever1......1..........
Whooping Cough....................
Diphtheria and Croup2....11........1
Influenza9........1242..
Erysipelas11................
Phthisis (Pulmonary tuberculosis)24........3147..39
Tuberculous Meningitis1....1............
Other Tuberculous Diseases1......1..........
Cancer (malignant disease)52..........42523..
Rheumatic Fever9.......9..........
Meningitis....................
Organic Heart Disease48........291331..
Bronchitis91............8..
Pneumonia (all forms)16..1....9535..
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs7............25..
Diarrhoea, etc. (un'r2yrs.)....................
Appendicitis & Typhlitis3......12........
Cirrhosis of Liver1............1....
Alcoholism1..........81....
Nephritis and Bright's Disease16..........358..
Puerperal Fever....................
Parturition, apart from Puerperal Fever....................
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth21201..............
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide16....115252..
Suicides2..........11....
Other defined Diseases1122....1..152570..
Diseases ill-defined or unknown8..........224..
Special Causes (included above): Poliomyelitis....................
Totals3552533815509415840