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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wealdstone 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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TABLE IV.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, DURING YEAR
1907.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or " Non-Residents " in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards | ||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Whooping-Cough | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 1 | i | ||||||
| Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Other septic diseases | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Other tubercular diseases. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Bronchitis | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Pneumonia | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Alcoholism | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Premature Birth | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Heart Diseases | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Accidents | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Suicides | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tetanus | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| All other causes | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | ||
| All causes | 95 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | |