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Willesden 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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98
The above Tables, Nos. 63 and 64, show
(1) That the decline in all forms of respiratory diseases
still continues.
(2) That all forms of tuberculosis, including tuberculosis
of the lungs, are on the decline 'in Willesden.
(3) That comparing 1913 with 1912 there is a slight
vance in the combined death rates from heart disease
and rheumatism.
(4) That there is a large increase in the death rate
from diarrhoea and enteritis. In 1912 the death
rate from these diseases was .212, the lowest ever
recorded in Willesden. This year, 1913, it is .446.
(5) The death rate from cancer continues to increase.