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Willesden 1937

[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.—1937.

Appendix A. —T able II ( a).

CAUSES OF DEATH IN BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN AS CIRCULATED BY REGISTRAR-GENERAL.—1937.

Causes of Death.M.F.
All Causes1,0041,000
1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers—1
2. Measles——
3. Scarlet fever1—
4. Whooping cough56
5. Diphtheria611
6. Influenza4044
7. Encephalitis lethargica22
8. Cerebro-spinal fever21
9. Respiratory tuberculosis7441
10. Other tuberculosis124
11. Syphilis43
12. General paralysis of the insane, etc.51
13. Cancer146138
14. Diabetes1317
15. Cerebral haemorrhage2553
16. Heart disease184212
17. Aneurysm84
18. Other circulatory diseases5248
19. Bronchitis3332
20. Pneumonia7976
21. Other respiratory diseases1414
22. Peptic ulcer194
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years)2726
24. Appendicitis94
25. Cirrhosis of liver2—
26. Other diseases of liver26
27. Other digestive diseases2223
28. Nephritis1515
29. Puerperal sepsis—3
30. Other puerperal causes—7
31. Congenital causes, etc.5440
32. Senility2560
33. Suicide108
34. Other violence3922
35. Other defined causes7574
36. Ill-defined causes——
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above):—
Small-pox——
Poliomyelitis——
Polioencephalitis31
Anthrax—1
Deaths of Infants under 1 yearTotal10891
Legitimate8670
Illegitimate2221