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Southall-Norwood 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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DEATHS—COMPARATIVE TABLE.
| DEATHS. | 1919. | 1920. | Increase over 1919. | Decrease | Comparative Table. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanatorium. | Harwell Asylum. | Outside Deaths. | |||||
| Meningitis | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — |
| Heart Disease | 27 | 28 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 2 |
| Phthisis | 17 | 23 | 6 | — | — | 21 | 9 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cancer | 18 | 20 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 4 |
| Bronchitis | 17 | 10 | — | 7 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 23 | 21 | — | 2 | — | 8 | 2 |
| Respiratory Diseases | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 1 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 7 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 1 |
| Parturition | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Premature Births | 11 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicides | 8 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 |
| Suicides | 1 | — | — | 1 | _ | — | — |
| Other Defined Diseases | 62 | 65 | 3 | — | — | 106 | 25 |
| Ill-defined Diseases | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Rheumatic Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 19 | 1 | — | 18 | — | — | — |
| Marasmus | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Convulsions | 2 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
The chief differences in the number of deaths from specified
causes compared with last year are: Decrease of 6 deaths from the
Zymotic diseases, of 18 from Influenza and 9 from various respiratory
diseases. There is an increase of 5 deaths from Diarrhoea and
Enteritis, and of 4 from premature birth. The death-rate of 8.2
per 1,000 is a very low one, and if properly corrected it would probably
be higher than this, but the data are not available. Compared,