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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The Principal Causes of Death.
Disease. | Total Number of deaths. |
---|---|
1. Heart disease and other diseases of circulatory system (18—21) | 387 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system (17) | 141 |
528 | |
2. Malignant neoplasms (10—14) | 234 |
3. Respiratory diseases:— | |
(a) Influenza (22) | 6 |
(b) Pneumonia (23) | 37 |
(c) Bronchitis (24) | 56 |
(d) Other respiratory diseases (25) | 2 |
101 | |
4. Tuberculosis:— | |
(a) Respiratory system (1) | 5 |
(b) Other forms (2) | 3 |
8 | |
5. Violent deaths:— | |
(a) Suicide (35) | 16 |
(b) Road traffic (33) | 10 |
(c) Other violent causes (34) | 18 |
44 | |
6. Congenital malformations (31) | 4 |
Note: Numbers in brackets are index numbers allocated by Registrar-General for Annual Return of Causes of Deaths. |