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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
Wembley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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The Principal Causes of Death.
| Disease. | Total Number of deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heart disease and other diseases of circulatory system | 317 | |
| Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 117 | ||
| 434 | |||
| 2. | Cancer | 213 | |
| 3. | Respiratory diseases:— | ||
| (a) Bronchitis | 54 | ||
| (b) Pneumonia | 52 | ||
| (c) Other respiratory diseases | 18 | ||
| 124 | |||
| 4. | Tuberculosis:— | ||
| (a) Respiratory system | 49 | ||
| (b) Other forms | 10 | ||
| 59 | |||
| 5. | Violent deaths:— | ||
| (a) Suicide | 18 | ||
| (b) Road traffic | 12 | ||
| (c) Other violent causes | 22 | ||
| 52 | |||
| 6. | Digestive Diseases:— | ||
| (a) Appendicitis | 5 | ||
| (b) Other digestive diseases | 31 | ||
| (c) Ulcer | 14 | ||
| 50 | |||
| 7. | Premature births | 8 | |
| Congenital malf: birth injury and infant | |||
| diseases | 33 | ||
| 41 | |||