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Willesden 1935

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Appendix A.¡ªTable 11(a).

CAUSES OF DEATH IN BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN AS CIRCULATED BY REGISTRAR-GENERAL.¡ª1935.

Causes of Death.		M.	F.
All Causes		956	992
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers		¡ª	-
2. Measles		¡ª	1
3. Scarlet fever		1	2
4. Whooping cough		3	2
5. Diphtheria		11	7
6. Influenza		10	8
7. Encephalitis lethargica		¡ª ¡ö	1
8. Cerebro-spinal fever		1	2
9. Respiratory tuberculosis		59	54
10. Other tuberculosis		7	11
11. Syphilis		3	¡ª
12. General paralysis of the insane, etc.		5	4
13. Cancer		127	142
14. Diabetes		5	22
15. Cerebral haemorrhage		40	65
16. Heart disease		185	226
17. Aneurysm		5	3
18. Other circulatory diseases		25	30
19. Bronchitis		38	22
20. Pneumonia		70	50
21. Other respiratory diseases		15	9
22. Peptic ulcer		20	4
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)		33	28
24. Appendicitis		12	15
25. Cirrhosis of liver		2	4
26. Other diseases of liver		2	7
27. Other digestive diseases		19	15
28. Nephritis		26	24
29 Puerperal sepsis		¡ª	4
30. Other puerperal causes		¡ª	4
31. Congenital causes, etc.		47	37
32. Senility		36	81
33. Suicide		14	15
34. Other violence		52	24
35. Other defined causes		83	67
36. Ill-defined causes		¡ª	2
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) :¡ª
Small-pox		¡ª	¡ª
Poliomyelitis		¡ª	¡ª
Polioencephalitis		¡ª	¡ª
Deaths of Infants under 1 year	Total	109	81
	Legitimate	94	73
	Illegitimate	15	8