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Wimbledon 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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The crude death rate is, strictly speaking, not comparable
with the figure for England and Vales. ??? to provide for
this the Registrar-General iutroouced ??? an areal
comparability factor. This factor, ??? is not available this
year, but assuming it to be the same as for 1940 the adjusted death
rate for Wimbledon would bo 11.92 per thousand of the population as
compared with a figure of 12.9 per thousand for England and Wales.
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | — | — |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | — | — | _ |
| 4. Whooping cough | 1 | — | 1 |
| 5, Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| 6, Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 7 Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8. Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9. Influenza | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 10, Measles | — | — | — |
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis & polioencephalitis | — | — | — |
| 12. Acute infectious encephalitis | — | — | — |
| 13. M. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males-onlyj | — | 2 | |
| 13. E Cancer of uterus | - | 4 | 4 |
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 15. Cancer of breast | — | 13 | 13 |
| 16. Cancer of all other -sites | 25 | ,26 | 51 |
| 17. Diabetes | 3 | 5 | |
| 18, Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 20 | 57 | 77 |
| 19, Heart disease | 67 | 85 | 152 |
| 20. Other diseases of the circulatory | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 19 | 16 | 35 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 22 | 18 | 40 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 24. Ulcer of the, stomach or duodenum | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | — | — | — |
| 26. Appendicitis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 28. Nephritis | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | — | — | — |
| 30. Other maternal causes | — | — | — |
| 31. Premature birth | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 33.Suicide | — | 4 | 4 |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 36.All other causes | 24 | 27 | 51 |
| Totals | 280 | 337 | 617 |
Over half the total deaths which occurred amongst Wimblodon
residents in 1941 wore again due to cancer, diseases of the heart and
circulation, and diseases of the respiratory system.
Infantile Mortality.
The are Wore twenty infant deaths (including transferable
deaths) giving an Infantile Mortality Rate of forty-one per thousand
live births. In 1940 the figure was forty-three per thousand.
During 1941 the Infantile Mortality Rate for England and Wales was
fifty-nine.
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