[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley] page 7

Wembley 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Causes of Deaths during the Year.

1948. Total.	Causes of Death.	Male.	Female.	1949. Total.
1,042	All causes	534	541	1,075
1	Typhoid and para-typhoid fevers	-	-	-
-	Oerebro-spinal fever	1	-	1
-	Scarlet fever	-	-	-
3	Whooping cough	-	-	-
-	Diphtheria	-	-	-
39	Tuberculosis of respiratory system	18	17	35
6	Other forms of tuberculosis	1	2	3
3	Syphilitic diseases	4	3	7
4	Influenza	5	3	8
-	Measles	-	-	-
1	Ac: polio-myel: and polio-enceph:	-	1	1
-	Acute infectious enceph:	-	-	-
5	Cancer of buc: cav: and cesoph:(M)	3	-	3
15	„ uterus (F)	-	4	4
27	Cancer of stomach and duodenum	18	15	33
37	Cancer of breast	-	29	29
153	Cancer of all other sites	58	48	106
9	Diabetes	5	8	13
113	Intra-cranial vascular lesions	45	70	115
271	Heart disease	178	153	331
38	Other dis: of circ: system	19	42	61
54	Bronchitis	32	36	68
36	Pneumonia	22	20	42
16	Other respiratory diseases	13	12	25
13	Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	9	2	11
2	Diarrhœa under two years	1	-	1
3	Appendicitis	2	5	7
33	Other digestive diseases	11	6	17
22	Nephritis	10	8	18
1	Puerperal and post-abort: sepsis	-	-	-
1	Other maternal causes	-	1	1
9	Premature birth	6	3	9
26	Congenital malf: birth injury and infant diseases	15	7	22
15	Suicide	7	3	10
9	Road traffic accidents	5	3	8
15	Other violent causes	4	9	13
62	All other causes	42	31	73