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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Appendix A.-Table II.-DEATHS OF WILLESDEN RESIDENTS
| 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-Resi-dents," in Institutions in the District. (16) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemorrhagic conditions | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Anaemia Chlorosis | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | 1 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Diseases of the Spleen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other diseases of the blood and blood forming organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alcoholism (acute or chronic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Chronic poisoning by other organic substances | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chronic poisoning by mineral substances | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Meningitis | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Tabes Dorsalis (Locomotor ataxy) | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other diseases of the spinal cord | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, Apoplexy, etc. | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 75 |
| General Paralysis of the Insane | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other forms of insanity | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Epilepsy | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Infantile convulsions (under 5 years of age) | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other diseases of the nervous system | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 7 |
| Diseases of the eye and annexa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diseases of the ear and of the mastoid sinus | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Pericarditis | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Acute endocarditis | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Chronic endocarditis, Valvular disease | 65 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| Diseases of the Myocardium | 207 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 12 | 44 | 59 | 68 | 20 | 49 |
| Diseases of the coronary arteries, Angina pectoris | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Other diseases of the heart | 44 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 34 |