[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley] page 14

Wembley 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Of the 838 deaths of Wembley residents, it is interesting to
note that 367 (43.8%) of these occurred elsewhere than within
the Borough boundaries.
The next table gives particulars of the causes of death:—

Table: CAUSES OF DEATH DURING YEAR 1937 as supplied by the Registrar General.

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CAUSES OF DEATH DURING YEAR 1937 as supplied by the Registrar General.

1936 Total.	Causes of Death.	M.	F.	Total.
770	All Causes	421	417	838
—	Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	-	—	—
1	Measles	-	—	—
3	Scarlet Fever	-	—	—
1	Whooping Cough	-	—	—
6	Diphtheria	1	1	2
11	Influenza	17	19	36
1	Encephalitis lethargica	—	—	—
1	Cerebro-Spinal fever	1	—	1
36	Tuberculosis of respiratory system	20	26	46
11	Other tuberculosis	5	7	12
1	Syphilis	—	1	1
2	General paralysis of insane, etc.	3	1	4
108	Cancer	44	72	116
15	Diabetes	5	2	7
22	Cerebral hæmorrhage	18	20	38
143	Heart disease	91	69	160
5	Aneurysm	1	5	6
52	Other circulatory	31	31	62
21	Bronchitis	11	10	21
45	Pneumonia	31	24	55
11	Other respiratory	7	1	8
12	Peptic Ulcer	8	1	9
9	Diarrhœa (under 2 years)	6	6	12
5	Appendicitis	2	9	11
1	Cirrhosis of liver	2	—	2
5	Other liver diseases	—	2	2
22	Other digestive	7	6	13
21	Nephritis	10	11	21
1	Puerperal sepsis	—	—	—
2	Other puerperal	—	2	2
47	Congenital causes, etc.	29	22	51
22	Senility	6	15	21
10	Suicide	12	7	19
37	Other violence	20	9	29
80	Other defined causes	33	38	71
—	Causes ill-defined	—	—	-

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Table: CAUSES OF DEATH DURING YEAR 1937 as supplied by the Registrar General.