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Wembley 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Causes of Deaths during the year.

1942 TotalCauses of Death.MaleFemaleTotal
1,041All causes5115051,016
Typhoid & para-typhoid fevers---
3Cerebro-spinal fever-22
Scarlet fever-11
2Whooping cough---
3Diphtheria--
51Tuberculosis of respiratory system322658
12Other forms of tuberculosis167
3Syphilitic diseases6410
8Influenza111728
2Measles11
-Ac. polio-myel: & polio-enceph---
Acute infectious enceph:---
Cancer of buc: cav: & oesoph(m) ---
27uterus(F) 21113
23Cancer of stomach & duodenum20828
18Cancer of breast2121
111Cancer of all other sites6853121
9Diabetes4711
89Intra-cranial vascular lesions3664100
249Heart disease10698204
42Other dis: of circ: system212344
56Bronchitis241842
54Pneumonia362763
15Other resp: diseases9413
16Ulcer of stomach or duodenum639
12Diarrhoea under 2 years10414
13Appendicitis3l4
29Other digestive diseases111122
20Nephritis91019
2Puerperal & post-abort: sepsis-33
3Other maternal causes-22
15Prem: birth13821
32Congenital malf: birth injury & infant diseases16925
6Suicide7815
7Road traffic accidents5510
27Other violent causes171027
82All other causes374178

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