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Ilford 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following is the Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and
Causes :—
TABLE II
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1939
| Causes of Death | Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 35 years | 35 and under 45 years | 45 and under 55 years | 55 and under 65 years | 65 and under 75 years | 75 years and upwards | |
| ALL CAUSES | 1450 | 75 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 58 | 74 | 158 | 244 | 360 | 403 |
| 1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 Measles 3 Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 Diphtheria | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 Influenza | 34 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 8 Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 79 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 Other tuberculous diseases | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 Syphilis | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 12 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| 13 Cancer, malignant disease | 261 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 18 | 38 | 66 | 88 | 49 |
| 14 Diabetes | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 16 | 20 | 22 |
| 16 Heart disease | 411 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 57 | 131 | 169 |
| 17 Aneurysm | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 Other circulatory diseases | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 10 | 26 | 31 |
| 19 Bronchitis | 39 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 20 Pneumonia (all forms) | 47 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| 21 Other respiratory diseases | 18 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 22 Peptic ulcer | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 Diarrhoea, etc. | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 Appendicitis | 12 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 Cirrhosis of liver | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 26 Other diseases of liver, etc. | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | 16 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 Acute and chronic nephritis | 27 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 29 Puerperal sepsis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 Other puerperal causes | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | 65 | 62 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 Senility | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 43 |
| 33 Suicide | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | |
| 34 Other violence | 50 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 35 Other defined diseases | 100 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 17 |
| 36 Causes ill-defined or unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Special Causes (included in No. 35 above :— | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |