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Southwark 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 1.Deaths belonging to the Sanitary Area, with the Causes of Death at all Ages during 1929.

TABLE 1.

Deaths belonging to the Sanitary Area, with the Causes of Death at all Ages during 1929.

Causes of Death.All Ages.AGES.Localities of Deaths.Institutions.
0-1-2-5-15-25-45-65-75-St. Mary.St. Paul.St. Peter.St. John.Trinity.All Saints.St. Michael.St. Jude.St. George.Christ-church-St. Saviour.
All Causes.
(1) Enteric Fever1..................1.........1..............................
(2) Small Pox..................................................................
(3) Measles163931..................124312...21......
(4) Scarlet Fever3......21..................1...1212...............
(5) Whooping Cough49251662...............321105584731...
(6) Diphtheria225485..................3...212353123
(7) Influenza13522361753282120139171012151214.8810
(8) Encephalitis Lethargica3............ll1............1...1..................3
(9) Meningococcal Meningitis1041d1113191...112
(10) Tuberculosis (Respiratory System)2329.2SO8693343716242120271516101218
(11) Other Tubercular Diseases313473534114312124455...30
(12) Cancer254......11325121841935208302226383125910130
(13) Rheumatic Fever31.........1...1.........1...1......1............4
(14) Diabetes27............111012315131233131410
(15) Cerebral Hæmorrhage71...............318272310769997461332
(16) Heart Disease659.........712371661922458473537361706761504324162
(17) Arterio Sclerosis41..................1119111326526......42115
(18) Bronchitis18994...1495259512826231723191672136117
(19) Pneumonia (all forms)27455411741207435273930192915313727191315136
(20) Other Respiratory Diseases3311119815228213234442...6
(21) Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum28...............81 3524321214513233
(22) Diarrhæa412972......1...l14422364382329
(23) Appendicitis and Tvnhlitis9......112131...21...1111...2......10
(24) Cirrhosis of Liver9...............27...............121...12115
(25) Acute and Chronic Nephritis123......125153738252012111596187108774
(26) Puerperal Sepsis5............14.........1...1......111.........1
(27) Other Accidents2...............2...........................11.........5
(28) Congenital Debihtv,etc (prem birth)929011..................6913145811895467
(29) Suicide21............11163...131222231...49
(30) Other Deaths from Violence10435659262612151111711615169113469
(31) Other Defined Diseases29733651910279455482524223727354427241319145
(32) Ill-defined Causes1..................1...............1........................
Totals278526310265621152888105834973572952061 3172352873372422461361271135

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 3,100
Illegitimate 136
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 243
Illegitimate Infants 0