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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
Wembley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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The next table gives particulars of the causes of death:-
CAUSES OF DEATH DURING YEAR 1938. as supplied by the Registrar General.
| 1937 Total. | Causes of Death. | M. | F. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 838 | 425 | 379 | 804 | |
| - | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - |
| - | Measles | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| - | Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 1 |
| - | Whooping Cough | 1 | - | 1 |
| 2 | Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 36 | Influenza | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| - | Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cerebro-Spinal fever | - | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 23 | 16 | 39 |
| 12 | Other tuberculosis | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | Syphilis | - | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | General paralysis of insane, etc. | - | - | - |
| 116 | Cancer | 66 | 61 | 127 |
| 7 | Diabetes | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 38 | Cerebral haemorrhage | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 160 | Heart disease | 99 | 76 | 175 |
| 6 | Aneurysm | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 62 | Other circulatory | 19 | 32 | 51 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 55 | Pneumonia | 20 | 24 | 44 |
| 8 | Other respiratory | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Peptic Ulcer | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Appendicitis | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Cirrhosis of liver | - | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Other liver diseases | - | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Other digestive | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 21 | Nephritis | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| - | Puerperal sepsis | - | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Other puerperal | - | - | - |
| 51 | Congenital causes, etc. | 30 | 22 | 52 |
| 21 | Senility | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 19 | Suicide | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 29 | Other violence | 22 | 7 | 29 |
| 71 | Other defined causes | 35 | 33 | 68 |
| - | Causes ill-defined | - | - | - |