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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1948. Total. | Causes of Death. | Male. | Female. | 1949. Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1,042 | All causes | 534 | 541 | 1,075 |
1 | Typhoid and para-typhoid fevers | - | - | - |
- | Oerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - | 1 |
- | Scarlet fever | - | - | - |
3 | Whooping cough | - | - | - |
- | Diphtheria | - | - | - |
39 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 18 | 17 | 35 |
6 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
3 | Syphilitic diseases | 4 | 3 | 7 |
4 | Influenza | 5 | 3 | 8 |
- | Measles | - | - | - |
1 | Ac: polio-myel: and polio-enceph: | - | 1 | 1 |
- | Acute infectious enceph: | - | - | - |
5 | Cancer of buc: cav: and cesoph:(M) | 3 | - | 3 |
15 | „ uterus (F) | - | 4 | 4 |
27 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 18 | 15 | 33 |
37 | Cancer of breast | - | 29 | 29 |
153 | Cancer of all other sites | 58 | 48 | 106 |
9 | Diabetes | 5 | 8 | 13 |
113 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 45 | 70 | 115 |
271 | Heart disease | 178 | 153 | 331 |
38 | Other dis: of circ: system | 19 | 42 | 61 |
54 | Bronchitis | 32 | 36 | 68 |
36 | Pneumonia | 22 | 20 | 42 |
16 | Other respiratory diseases | 13 | 12 | 25 |
13 | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 9 | 2 | 11 |
2 | Diarrhœa under two years | 1 | - | 1 |
3 | Appendicitis | 2 | 5 | 7 |
33 | Other digestive diseases | 11 | 6 | 17 |
22 | Nephritis | 10 | 8 | 18 |
1 | Puerperal and post-abort: sepsis | - | - | - |
1 | Other maternal causes | - | 1 | 1 |
9 | Premature birth | 6 | 3 | 9 |
26 | Congenital malf: birth injury and infant diseases | 15 | 7 | 22 |
15 | Suicide | 7 | 3 | 10 |
9 | Road traffic accidents | 5 | 3 | 8 |
15 | Other violent causes | 4 | 9 | 13 |
62 | All other causes | 42 | 31 | 73 |