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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: The following table gives the percentage figures since 1922:—

The following table gives the percentage figures since 1922:—

YearTotal DeathsDeaths from CancerPercentage
19'226169114.77
19'235466812 45
19246458613.33
19256389014.10
192657910417.96
19276207512.09
19286328413.29
192977410313.30
193064810616.35
193172410314.22
193271310414.58
19336369214.46
19346739213.67
193566211617.52
19366678412.61
193776413017.21
193870311916.92

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Diseases of the Heart and Circulation.
One hundred and seventy-six deaths were due to heart
disease. In addition there were thirty-three deaths from
cerebral haemorrhage, four from aneurysm and forty-seven
from other circulatory diseases. Thus, two hundred and sixty
deaths occurred from diseases of the heart and circulation.
This figure represents 36.98 per cent, of the total number of
deaths recorded.
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