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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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The following is an analysis of the 1,115 notified births belonging to Wimbledon (i.e. as adjusted by inward and outward transfers)
| Live births. | Still-births. | |
|---|---|---|
| Domiciliary confinements | 285 | 4 |
| Institutional confinements: — | ||
| Kingston County Hospital | 56 | 4 |
| St. Helier County Hospital | 204 | 5 |
| St. Lukes County Hospital | 28 | — |
| Epsom County Hospital | 5 | — |
| Nelson Hospital | 301 | 5 |
| Queen Charlotte's Hospital | 5 | — |
| Other hospitals and nursing homes outside the Borough | 61 | — |
| Wimbledon Nursing Homes | 150 | 2 |
| 1,095 | 20 |
DEATHS.
The total number of Wimbledon residents who died during
1947 was 780. Of these deaths 264 occurred outside the Borough.
Apart from these figures 223 persons not normally resident in
Wimbledon died in institutions, etc., in the Borough.
The death-rate for 1947 is 13.64 per thousand of the population
as compared with a rate of 13.51 per thousand during 1946.
As in previous years the following diseases were responsible tor over half the total deaths:—
| Percentage of total deaths | |
|---|---|
| Diseases of the heart and circulatory system | 32% |
| Cancer | 19% |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 13% |
| Total | 64% |
There was only one death from infectious disease. This was
due to cerebro-spinal fever.
The following is an analysis of the causes of death:—
| Cause | Males | Females | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | — | — |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | — | — | — |
| 4. Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
| 5. Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | — | — | — |
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 9. Influenza | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10. Measles | — | — | — |
| 11. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | — | — | — |
| 12. Acute Infectious Encephalitis | — | — | — |