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Wealdstone 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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TABLE IV.
WEALDSTONE DISTRICT.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1900.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and un- de 15 | 15 & un- der25 | 25 & un- der65 | 65 & upward | ||
| Small-pox | ||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Scarlet fever | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Diphtheria and membranous Croup Croup | ||||||||
| Fever | Typhus | |||||||
| Enteric | ||||||||
| Other continued | ||||||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Cholera | ||||||||
| Plague | ||||||||
| Diarrhoea (See notes at back) | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Enteritis (See notes at back) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Puerperal Fever | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||
| Other septic diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Phthisis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Other tubercular diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs Alcoholism, Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Premature birth | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Diseases & accidents of parturition | ||||||||
| Heart diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Accidents | ||||||||
| Suicides | ||||||||
| Nephritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| All other causes | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| All causes | 55 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |
See Notes Opposite.