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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

Wimbledon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Table II gives the causes of, and ages at, death during 1938. Deaths due to notifiable infectious diseases are given on page 87. The principal causes of death (excluding zymotic diseases) were as follows:—

Table II gives the causes of, and ages at, death during 1938. Deaths due to notifiable infectious diseases are given on page 87. The principal causes of death (excluding zymotic diseases) were as follows:—

Cancer119
Heart Disease176260
Cerebral Haemorrhage33
Aneurysm4
Other Circulatory Diseases47
Pneumonia4373
Bronchitis19
Other Respiratory Diseases111
Influenza9
Tuberculosis (Respiratory)25

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Over half the total deaths which occurred amongst Wimbledon
residents in 1938 were due to cancer and diseases of the
heart and circulation. Owing to the falling birth rate the
mean age of the population is steadily rising. For this reason
it is unlikely that the deaths from cancer and heart disease etc.,
will show any diminution during the coming years.
Cancer.
Cancer and malignant disease were responsible for
one hundred and nineteen deaths or 16.92 per cent, of the total
deaths recorded.
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