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Wimbledon 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: table showing the births, deaths, and, death-rates in the Borough of Wimbledon in the last five years.

table showing the births, deaths, and, death-rates in the Borough of Wimbledon in the last five years.

192719261925192419231922
Births717807760814868868
DeathsG20579638645546616
Death-rates1069.910.911.19.49.9

Table: Table II. gives the causes of, and ages at, deaths during 1927. Deaths due to notifiable infectious diseases are given on p. 38. The principal causes of death, apart from Zymotic deaths, are as follows:—

Table II. gives the causes of, and ages at, deaths during 1927. Deaths due to notifiable infectious diseases are given on p. 38. The principal causes of death, apart from Zymotic deaths, are as follows:—

Heart Disease101
Cancer75
Pneumonia45
Cerebral Hæmorrhage40
Tuberculosis (Respiratory)40
Bronchitis38

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Infantile Mortality:—There were 37 infant deaths during
the year (including transferable deaths), giving a rate of 50
per thousand registered births, an increase of 17 per-thousand
on last year's figures, when there were 27 deaths and a rate
of 33. The infantile death-rate calculated on the RegistrarGreneral's
figures, is 50 per thousand births. The infant death
rate for illegitimate children was 137 per thousand illegitimate
births.
The following table shows the causes of death, and ages
at death, of Infants under one year:—
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