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Willesden 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Appendix A. —T able II (A ).CAUSES OF DEATH IN BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN AS CIRCULATED BY REGISTRAR-GENERAL. 1936.

Appendix A. —T able II (A ).

CAUSES OF DEATH IN BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN AS CIRCULATED BY REGISTRAR-GENERAL. 1936.

Causes of Death.M.F.
All Causes1,0381,034
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers--
2. Measles1012
3. Scarlet fever2-
4. Whooping cough75
5. Diphtheria1011
6. Influenza810
7. Encephalitis lethargica--
8. Cerebro-spinal fever2-
9. Respiratory tuberculosis6948
10. Other tuberculosis96
11. Syphilis51
12. General paralysis of the insane, etc.1-
13. Cancer140162
14. Diabetes1517
15. Cerebral hæmorrhage4061
16. Heart disease184208
17. Aneurysm52
18. Other circulatory diseases3455
19. Bronchitis4033
20. Pneumonia8779
21. Other respiratory diseases179
22. Peptic ulcer219
23. Diarrhœa, etc. (under 2 years)1510
24. Appendicitis96
25. Cirrhosis of liver44
26. Other diseases of liver54
27. Other digestive diseases2326
28. Nephritis3016
29. Puerperal sepsis—2
30. Other puerperal causes—2
31. Congenital causes, etc.5038
32. Senility4092
33. Suicide1111
34. Other violence3727
35. Other defined causes10867
36. Ill-defined causes-1
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) :—
Small-pox—-
Poliomyelitis—-
Polioencephalitis--
Deaths of Infants under 1 yearTotal10070
Legitimate9063
Illegitimate107