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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Table II.
| Causes of Death during 1920. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Causes of death. | Civil Residents all ages.* | ||
| All causes I | Certified | 458 | |
| Uncertified | — | ||
| 1 | Enteric Fever | 1 | |
| 2 | Small-Pox | — | |
| 3 | Measles | 9 | |
| 4 | Scarlet Fever | 2 | |
| 5 | Whooping-cough | 5 | |
| 6 | Diphtheria and Croup | 4 | |
| 7 | Influenza | 9 | |
| 8 | Erysipelas | — | |
| 9 | Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 40 | |
| 10 | Tuberculosis Meningitis | 1 | |
| 11 | Other Tuberculous diseases | 3 | |
| 12 | Cancer, malignant disease | 56 | |
| 13 | Eheumatic Fever | 4 | |
| 14 | Meningitis | 2 | |
| 15 | Organic Heart Disease | 51 | |
| 16 | Bronchitis | 43 | |
| 17 | Pnoumonia (all forms) | 29 | |
| 18 | Other Diseases, Respiratory Organs | 3 | |
| 19 | Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 7 | |
| 20 | Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 6 | |
| 21 | Cirrhosis of Liver | — | |
| 21a | Alcoholism | — | |
| 22 | Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 13 | |
| 23 | Puerperal Fever | — | |
| 24 | Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 1 | |
| 25 | Congenital Debility and Malformation includining Premature Birth | 25 | |
| 26 | Violent Deaths, excluding suicide | 13 | |
| 27 | Suicide | 2 | |
| 28 | Other defined diseases | 128 | |
| 29 | Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | |
| 458 | |||