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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| 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) |
| Acute infective osteomyelitis and periostitis | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Other diseases of the bones | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diseases of the joints and other organs of locomotion | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Congenital malformations | 17 | 16 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Congenital debility | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Premature birth | 29 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| Injury at birth | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Other diseases peculiar to early infancy | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Old age | 93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 23 | 43 | 26 | 93 |
| Suicide by solid or liquid poisons and corrosive substances | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Suicide by poisonous gas | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| Suicide by hanging or strangulation | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suicide by drowning | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Suicide by firearms | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Suicide by cutting or piercing instruments | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Suicide by jumping from high place | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Suicide by crushing | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Suicide by other means | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |