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Wimbledon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE II—Causes of, and Agesat, Deaths during the year 1938

TABLE II—Causes of, and Agesat, Deaths during the year 1938

CAUSES OF DEATH.All AgesNet Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.Total Deaths whether of 'Residents or ' Nonresidents in Institutions in the District.
Under 1 year.1—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—6565 and over.
All CausesCertified70334121...4362946146420145
Uncertified..........................................
1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers..........................................
2. Measles41............1......1............
3. Scarlet Fever..........................................
4. Whooping Cough1...1.................................
5. Diphtheria2...............2..................4
6. Influenza9..............................635
7. Encephalitis Lethargica..........................................
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever11....................................
9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system25.....................1810331
10. Other Tuberculous diseases6........................21214
11. Syphilis3...........................1...2...
12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis1..............................1......
13. Cancer, malignant disease119........................35426931
14. Diabetes7.....................1......242
15. Cerebral Haemorrhage33..............................11227
16. Heart Disease176...........................42115019
17. Aneurysm4........................11...2...
18. Other Circulatory Diseases47...........................244116
19. Bronchitis19...........................21162
20. Pneumonia (all forms)4310........................38127