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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Causes of Deaths during the year.
| 1941 Total | Causes of Death. | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,055 | All causes- | 545 | 496 | 1,041 |
| - | Typhoid & Para-typhoid Fevers | — | — | |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| - | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
| 1 | Whooping Cough | 2 | - | 2 |
| 3 | Diphtheria | 3 | — | 3 |
| 64 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 30 | 21 | 51 |
| 3 | Other forms of Tuberculosis | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Influenza | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | Measles | 1 | l | 2 |
| - | Ac: polio-myel: & polio-enceph | - | - | - |
| - | Acute infectious enceph: | - | — | - |
| 15 | Cancer of buc:cav:& oesoph (M) | |||
| uterus (F) 11 | 16 | 27 | ||
| 27 | Cancer of stomach & duodenum | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 21 | Cancer of breast | - | 18 | 18 |
| 139 | Cancer of all other sites | 64 | 47 | 111 |
| 15 | Diabetes | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 76 | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 37 | 52 | 89 |
| 221 | Heart disease | 125 | 124 | 249 |
| 40 | Other dis: of circ: system | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| 48 | Bronchitis | 33 | 23 | 56 |
| 68 | Pneumonia | 24 | 30 | 54 |
| 21 | Other resp: diseases | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Appendicitis | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 22 | Other digestive diseases | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 20 | Nephritis | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Puerperal & post-abort: sepsis | - | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Other maternal causes | — | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Prem: birth | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Congenital malf: birth injury & infant diseases | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| 10 | Suicide | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Road traffic accidents | 7 | - | 7 |
| 44 | Other violent causes | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| 100 | All other causes | 45 | 37 | 82 |