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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 Causes960978
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
2. Measles32
3. Scarlet fever14
4. Whooping cough45
5. Diphtheria23
6. Influenza2129
7. Encephalitis lethargica12
8. Cerebro-spinal fever23
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system8956
10. Other tuberculous diseases1116
11. Syphilis21
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis132
13. Cancer, malignant disease116141
14. Diabetes715
15. Cerebral haemorrhage, etc4761
16. Heart disease163195
17. Aneurysm53
18. Other circulatory diseases2841
19. Bronchitis4227
20. Pneumonia (all forms)8776
21. Other respiratory diseases1812
22. Peptic ulcer154
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)145
24. Appendicitis810
25. Cirrhosis of liver53
26. Other diseases of liver, etc.25
27. Other digestive diseases2918
28. Acute and chronic nephritis2729
29. Puerperal sepsis5
30. Other puerperal causes4
31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc4639
32. Senility2847
33. Suicide1114
34. Other violence4223
35. Other defined diseases7077
36. Causes ill-defined or unknown11
Special causes (included in No. 35 above):—
Small-pox
Poliomyelitis
Polioencephalitis--
Deaths of Infants under 1 yearTotal10171
Legitimate8867
Illegitimate134