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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table II.—DEATHS OF WILLESDEN RESIDENTS—
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | All Ages. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 Up. | Total deaths, whether of "Residents" or " Non-Residents," in Institutions in the District. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | |
| (16) | |||||||||||||||
| Locomotor Ataxy | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Other Diseases of the Spinal Cord | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Apoplexy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Serous Apoplexy and Oedema of Brain | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cerebral Congestion | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cerebral Atheroma | |||||||||||||||
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 100 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 52 | |||||||
| Softening of Brain | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hemiplegia | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Paraplegia | |||||||||||||||
| Other Forms of Paralysis | |||||||||||||||
| General Paralysis of the Insane | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other Forms of Mental Alienation | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Epilepsy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Convulsions (non-puerperal; 5 years and over) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Infantile Convulsions under 5, with teething | |||||||||||||||
| Other Infantile Convulsions under 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chorea | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hysteria, Neuralgia, Neuritis | |||||||||||||||
| Idiocy, Imbecility | |||||||||||||||
| Cretinism | |||||||||||||||
| Cerebral Tumour | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Other Diseases of the Nervous System | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Diseases of the Eye and Annexa | |||||||||||||||
| Mastoid Disease | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Other Diseases of the Ears | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Acute Myocarditis | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Infective Endocarditis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other Acute Endocarditis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Valvular Disease | 79 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 |