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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Table 11.
| Causes of death. | Civil Residents all ages.* | |
| All causes | Certified | ... |
| Uncertified | ... | |
| 1 Enteric Fever | ... | |
| 2 Small-Pox | ... | |
| 3 Measles | ||
| 4 Scarlet Fever | 1 | |
| 5 Whooping-cough | 1 | |
| 6 Diphtheria and Croup | 5 | |
| 7 Influenza | 28 | |
| 8 Erysipelas | 2 | |
| 9 Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 38 | |
| 10 Tuberculosis Meningitis | 4 | |
| 11 Other Tuberculous diseases | 1 | |
| 12 Cancer, malignant disease | 44 | |
| 13 Rheumatic Fever | ... | |
| 14 Meningitis | 1 | |
| 15 Organic Heart Disease | 61 | |
| 16 Bronchitis | 56 | |
| 17 Pneumonia (all forms) | 17 | |
| 18 Other Diseases, Respiratory Organs | 3 | |
| 19 Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 8 | |
| 20 Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 2 | |
| 21 Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | |
| 21a Alcoholism | ... | |
| 22 Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 14 | |
| 23 Puerperal Fever | 2 | |
| 24 Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | ... | |
| 25 Congenital Debility and Malformation including Premature Birth | 35 | |
| 26 Violent Deaths, excluding suicide | 14 | |
| 27 Suicide | 5 | |
| 28 Other defined diseases | 125 | |
| 29 Diseases ill-defined or unknown | ||
| 468 | ||
According to figures furnished by the Registrar-General.