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Harrow 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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TABLE II.
CAUSES OF AND AGES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1921.
| Causes of Death | Deaths at the subjoined ages or' Residents " whether occuring within or without the district. | Total deaths wh'th'r Resident or Non.resident inlnsti. tutions iu the Dislret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 5. | 5 to 15. | IS to '25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upw'ds | ||
| All causes Certified and uncertified | 186 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 82 | 24 |
| Diphther | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pulmonary | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Other Tub. Dis. | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Cancer | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 2 | |||||
| Rheumatic fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Heart Disease | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Menincocal | ||||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diabetes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Cerebro | ||||||||||
| Haemorrhage | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Arterior Sclerosis | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other Res. | ||||||||||
| diseases | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Ulcer of Stomach | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Appendicitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Nephritis and | ||||||||||
| Brights disease | 6 | 1 | S | |||||||
| Congenital Debility | ||||||||||
| and prematurity | 6 | 6 | 3 | |||||||
| Suicide | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other deaths from | ||||||||||
| violence | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Other defined | ||||||||||
| diseases | 41 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 7 | ||