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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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TABLE III.
CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH DUEING YEAR
1914.
| Causes of Death | Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents whether occurring within or without the District. | Total deaths whether of "Residents" or "non-Residents" in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 15 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | |||
| All Causes | Certified | 115 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 31 | |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tubercolosis) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Tuberculosis (meningitis) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cancer,malignant disease | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Bronchitis | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | |||||||||||
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Appendicitis & Typhlitis Cirrhosis of Liver | |||||||||||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | |||||||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature birth | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Suicide | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Other defined diseases | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 115 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 31 | |||
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