Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Causes of Deaths during the year.
1942 Total | Causes of Death. | Male | Female | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1,041 | All causes | 511 | 505 | 1,016 |
— | Typhoid & para-typhoid fevers | - | - | - |
3 | Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 2 | 2 |
— | Scarlet fever | - | 1 | 1 |
2 | Whooping cough | - | - | - |
3 | Diphtheria | - | - | — |
51 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 32 | 26 | 58 |
12 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 6 | 7 |
3 | Syphilitic diseases | 6 | 4 | 10 |
8 | Influenza | 11 | 17 | 28 |
2 | Measles | 1 | 1 | |
- | Ac. polio-myel: & polio-enceph | - | - | - |
— | Acute infectious enceph: | - | - | - |
— | Cancer of buc: cav: & oesoph | (m) - | - | - |
27 | uterus | (F) 2 | 11 | 13 |
23 | Cancer of stomach & duodenum | 20 | 8 | 28 |
18 | Cancer of breast | — | 21 | 21 |
111 | Cancer of all other sites | 68 | 53 | 121 |
9 | Diabetes | 4 | 7 | 11 |
89 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 36 | 64 | 100 |
249 | Heart disease | 106 | 98 | 204 |
42 | Other dis: of circ: system | 21 | 23 | 44 |
56 | Bronchitis | 24 | 18 | 42 |
54 | Pneumonia | 36 | 27 | 63 |
15 | Other resp: diseases | 9 | 4 | 13 |
16 | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 6 | 3 | 9 |
12 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 10 | 4 | 14 |
13 | Appendicitis | 3 | l | 4 |
29 | Other digestive diseases | 11 | 11 | 22 |
20 | Nephritis | 9 | 10 | 19 |
2 | Puerperal & post-abort: sepsis | - | 3 | 3 |
3 | Other maternal causes | - | 2 | 2 |
15 | Prem: birth | 13 | 8 | 21 |
32 | Congenital malf: birth injury & infant diseases | 16 | 9 | 25 |
6 | Suicide | 7 | 8 | 15 |
7 | Road traffic accidents | 5 | 5 | 10 |
27 | Other violent causes | 17 | 10 | 27 |
82 | All other causes | 37 | 41 | 78 |
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