Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE No. 10.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 1. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under C5. | 65 and upwards. | Church End. | Harlesden. | Kensal Green. | South Kilburn. | Mid Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Willesden Oreen. | |||
| Small-pox | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | l | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
| Measles | 66 | 18 | 38 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 9 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .. | |
| Scarlet fever | 12 | , . | 4 | 6 | l | i | .. | 7 | .. | i | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |
| Whooping-cough | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 53 | 9 | 28 | 14 | l | l | .. | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | l | 3 | 5 | .. | |
| Croup . | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic influenza | 30 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | |
| Choler | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diarrhoea | 104 | 91 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 12 | .. | |
| Enteritis | 11 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | . . | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other septic diseases | 10 | 2 | .. | 1 | i | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | |
| Phthisis | 111 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 75 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 14 | .. | |