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Ilford 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Notes to Table III.
The classification and numbering of Causes of Death are
those of the "Short List" on page XXV. of the Manual of the
International List of Causes of Death, which has been consulted
and followed in all cases of doubt.
(a) All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of
persons resident in the District who have died outside
it, are included with the other deaths in
columns 2-10. Transferable deaths of non-residents,
i.e., of persons resident elsewhere in England
and Wales who have died in the District, are in
like manner excluded from these columns. For
the precise meaning of the term "transferable
deaths" see footnote to Table 1.
(b) All deaths which have occurred in institutions for
the sick and infirm situated within the district,
whether of residents or of non-residents, have been
entered in the last column.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners
and all Inquest cases are classed as
"Certified; all other deaths are regarded as
" Uncertified."
(d) Title 19 includes deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis
under 2 years; those at 2 years and over being
placed under title 28.