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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Of the 1,016 deaths 535 (that is 52.66%)
occurred elsewhere than within the Borough
boundary and 531 took place in hospital (that
is 52.17%).
The principal causes of Death.
| Disease. | Total number of deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heart disease and other diseases of circ: system | 248 | |
| Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 100 | 348 | |
| 2. | Cancer | ||
| 3. | Respiratory diseases:- | ||
| (a) Bronchitis | 42 | ||
| (b) Pneumonia | 63 | ||
| (c) Other respiratory diseases | 13 | 118 | |
| 4. | Tuberculosis:- | ||
| (a) Respiratory system | 58 | ||
| (b) Other forms | 7 | ||
| 5. | Violent deaths | ||
| (a) Suicide | 15 | ||
| (b) Road traffic | 10 | ||
| (c) Other violent causes | 52 | ||
| Premature births | 21 | ||
| Congenital malf: birth injury & infant diseases | 25 | 46 | |
| 7. | Digestive diseases:- | ||
| (a) Appendicitis | 4 | ||
| (b) Other digestive diseases | 22 | ||
| (c) Ulcer | 9 | 35 | |
| 8. | Acute infectious diseases:- | ||
| (a) Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | ||
| (b) Scarlet fever | 1 | ||
| (c) Influenza | 28 | ||
| (d) Measles | 1 | 32 | |
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