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Willesden 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Appendix A—Table II.—DEATHS OF WILLESDEN RESIDENTS DURING THE YEAR 1924.

Appendix A—Table II.—DEATHS OF WILLESDEN RESIDENTS DURING THE YEAR 1924.

CAUSE OF DEATH. (1)All Ages. (2)0 to 1 (3)1 to 5 (4)5 to 10 (5)10 to 15 (6)15 to 20 (7)20 to 25 (8)25 to 35 (9)35 to 45 (10)45 to 55 (11)55 to 65 (12)65 to 75 (13)75 to 85 (14)85 Up. (15)Total deaths, whether of Residents" or Non-Residents," in Institutions in the District. (16)
All CausesCertified1,782208108321933409311318125834926682529
Uncertified.............................................
1.—General Diseases.
Enteric Fever1............1...........................
Typhus.............................................
Relapsing Fever.............................................
Malaria.............................................
Small Pox3......1............2..................
Measles4110264..................1.........18
Scarlet Fever2......11...........................2
Whooping Cough1385.................................5
Diphtheria9...53...............1............7
Influenza53432...212758910...7
Miliary Fever.............................................
Asiatic Cholera.............................................
Cholera Nostras.............................................
Dysentery.............................................
Plague............................................
Yellow Fever.............................................
Leprosy.............................................
Erysipelas62...............1...111......3
Other Epidemic Diseases.............................................
Pyaemia..........................................1
Septicaemia..........................................1
Vaccinia.............................................
Glanders.............................................
Anthrax (Splenic Fever).............................................
Rabies.............................................
Tetanus.............................................
Mycoses : Actinomycosis.............................................
Pellagra.............................................
Beri-Beri.............................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (not acute)149......2411224322201861...29
Phthisis (not acute and not defined as Tuberculosis)9............2...3...22............
Acute Phthisis1..................1.....................
Acute Miliary Tuberculosis2.........1......1.....................
Tuberculous Meningitis1245111........................8
Tabes Mesenterica.............................................
Other Peritoneal and Intestinal Tubercle1............1...........................
Tuberculosis of Spinal Column2..................2..................2
Tuberculosis of Joints1.....................1..................
Tuberculosis of other organs.............................................
Disseminated Tuberculosis2...1......1........................1
Rickets, Softening of Bones.............................................
Syphilis63.....................2...1......4
Other Venereal Diseases.............................................
Cancer of Buccal Cavity8........................2321...5
Cancer of the Stomach, Liver, 8c.69.....................41219248211
Cancer of Peritoneum, Intestines and Rectum44..................15112159122
Cancer of the Female Genital Organs25.....................2887......6
Cancer of the Breast15.....................2551114
Cancer of the Skin .2...........................1...1...1
Cancer of other or unspecified organs511..................2814168216
Other Tumours (situation undefined).............................................
Rheumatic Fever7......122...1......1............
Chronic Rheumatism.............................................
Osteo-Arthritis5........................1112...1
Gout..........................................1
Scurvy11.......................................
Diabetes17...............12...184...16
Exophthalmic Goitre2........................2...............
Addison's Disease2..................11...............1
Leucocythæmia (Leuchæmia)6...2......1.........2...1......i 3
Lymphadenoma3...............1.........2............
Anaemia, Chlorosis62.....................21...1...1
Other General Diseases6...1......1...12......1......4
Alcoholism (Acute or Chronic).............................................
Chrome Lead PoisoningOther Chronic Occupational Poisoning.............................................
Other Chronic Poisoning.............................................
2.—Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Organs of Special Sense.
Encephalitis2.....................11...............
Cerebro-spinal Fever.............................................
Posterior Basal Meningitis.............................................
Meningitis, other forms6311...1........................3