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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table II.– DEATHS OF WILLESDEN RESIDENTS– c
| 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-Resi-dents," in Institutions in the District. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Encephalitis | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Tabes Dorsalis (Locomotor Ataxy) | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Other Diseases of the Spinal Cord | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, Apoplexy, etc. | 112 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 50 |
| Paralysis of Unstated Origin | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| General Paralysis of the Insane | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Other forms of Insanity | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Epilepsy | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Convulsions (non-Puerperal, 5 years and over) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Infantile Convulsions (under 5 years of age) | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chorea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hysteria and Neuritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebral Softening | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Other Diseases of the Nervous System | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| Diseases of the Eye and Annexa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diseases of the Ear and of the Mastoid Sinus | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Pericarditis | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Acute Endocarditis and myocarditis | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Angina Pectoris | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – |
| Other Diseases of the Heart | 285 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | 12 | 22 | 67 | 93 | 65 | 16 | 97 |
| Diseases of the Arteries | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 22 |
| Embolism and Thrombosis (not Cerebral) | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Diseases of the Veins (Varix, Haemorrhoids, Phlebitis, etc.) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diseases of the Lymphatic System (Lymphangitis, etc.) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Haemorrhage without stated cause | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Diseases of the Circulatory System | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |