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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
Harrow 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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TABLE IV.
CAUSES Of, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR
1907.
| Causes of Death | Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the District | Total deaths whether of " Residents " or " non-Residents " in Public Institutions in the District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Measles | ||||||||
| Whooping-Cough | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | ||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Diarrhoea | 5 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Enteritis | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Phthisis | 13 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cancer,malignant disease | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Premature birth | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Heart diseases | 15 | 11 | 4 | |||||
| Accidents | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Suicides | ||||||||
| All other causes | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| All causes | 120 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 11 |