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Barnes 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Causes of Death.—As regards causes of death during 1926, an
analysis of the total (corrected) deaths for the whole District is
shown in Table III. on the opposite page, classified under various
causes of death, and distributed for age, sex and locality.
Amongst the principal causes of death, cancer, heart disease,
tuberculosis, bronchitis and pneumonia are the most frequent
causes of death, their frequency being in the order in which they
are stated. Comparative figures showing the number of deaths
from each of these causes during the past five years are given in
Table IV., below.
Table IV.—Principal Causes of Death: Annual number of deaths from these causes during five years, 1921 to 1925, and
during 1926.
| Cause of Death. | Number of Deaths in previous 5 years. | Deaths in | Death Rate per 1,000 Population for 1926. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | Barnes Urban District. | London. | |
| Zymotic (Epidemic) Diseases | 16 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0.28 | 0.58 |
| Influenza | 8 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 0.25 | 0.17 |
| Bronchitis | 27 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 0.66 | 0.78 |
| Pneumonia | 27 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 0.58 | 0.93 |
| Tuberculosis | 35 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 0.74 | 0.99 |
| Cancer | 56 | 41 | 46 | 52 | 48 | 58 | 1.60 | 1.43 |
| Heart Disease | 31 | 46 | 36 | 31 | 49 | 51 | 1.41 | 1.79 |
| Bright's Disease | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0.17 | 0.34 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Diseases and Accidents of Child.birth | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.03 | ||
| Premature Birth, &c. | 19 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 0.47 | 0.37 |
| Violence and Suicide | 9 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 0.58 | 0.48 |
The death.rates for 1926 from each of the seven principal
epidemic diseases (zymotic diseases) are given separately in Table
V., and in Table VI. the zymotic death.rates for the five years,
1921 to 1925, are contrasted with the rate for 1926. In each of
these Tables the death-rates for London and for England and