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Willesden 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Appendix A—Table 11(a)

CAUSES OF DEATH IN WILLESDEN URBAN DISTRICT AS CIRCULATED BY REGISTRAR-GENERAL.—1931.

Causes of Death.		M.	F.
All Causes		960	978
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers		—	—
2. Measles		3	2
3. Scarlet fever		1	4
4. Whooping cough		4	5
5. Diphtheria		2	3
6. Influenza		21	29
7. Encephalitis lethargica		1	2
8. Cerebro-spinal fever		2	3
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system		89	56
10. Other tuberculous diseases		11	16
11. Syphilis		2	1
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis		13	2
13. Cancer, malignant disease		116	141
14. Diabetes		7	15
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc		47	61
16. Heart disease		163	195
17. Aneurysm		5	3
18. Other circulatory diseases		28	41
19. Bronchitis		42	27
20. Pneumonia (all forms)		87	76
21. Other respiratory diseases		18	12
22. Peptic ulcer		15	4
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)		14	5
24. Appendicitis		8	10
25. Cirrhosis of liver		5	3
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.		2	5
27. Other digestive diseases		29	18
28. Acute and chronic nephritis		27	29
29. Puerperal sepsis		—	5
30. Other puerperal causes		—	4
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc		46	39
32. Senility		28	47
33. Suicide		11	14
34. Other violence		42	23
35. Other defined diseases		70	77
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown		1	1
Special causes (included in No. 35 above):—
Small-pox		—	—
Poliomyelitis		—	—
Polioencephalitis		-	-
Deaths of Infants under 1 year	Total	101	71
	Legitimate	88	67
	Illegitimate	13	4