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Wembley 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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T able 1V. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Measles | ||||||||
| Scarlet fever | 2 | |||||||
| Whooping-cough | ||||||||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Croup | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Fever | Typhus | |||||||
| Enteric | ||||||||
| Other continued | ||||||||
| Epidemic influenza | 2 | |||||||
| Cholera | ||||||||
| Plague | ||||||||
| Diarrhoea | ||||||||
| Enteritis | ||||||||
| Puerperal fever | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | |||||||
| Other septic diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Phthisis | 1 | |||||||
| Other tubercular diseases | ||||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 1 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | |||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pleurisy | ||||||||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | ||||||||
| Alcoholism, Cirrhosis of liver | ||||||||
| Venereal diseases | ||||||||
| Premature birth | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Heart diseases | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Accidents | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Suicides | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| All other causes | 10 | |||||||
| All causes | 47 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | |