Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Disease. | Total Number of deaths. | ||
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1. | Heart disease and other diseases of circulatory system (18—21) | 398 | 553 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system (17) | 155 | ||
2. | Malignant neoplasms (10—14) | 228 | |
3. | Respiratory diseases:— | 111 | |
(a) Influenza (22) | 2 | ||
(b) Pneumonia (23) | 45 | ||
(c) Bronchitis (24) | 56 | ||
(d) Other respiratory diseases (25) | 8 | ||
4. | Tuberculosis:— | ||
(a) Respiratory system (1) | 15 | 16 | |
(b) Other forms (2) | 1 | ||
5. | Violent deaths:— | ||
(a) Suicide (35) | 15 | 46 | |
(b) Road traffic (33) | 14 | ||
(c) Other violent causes (34) | 17 | ||
6. | Congenital malformations (31) | 9 |
Note : Numbers in brackets are index numbers allocated by
Registrar-General for Annual Return of Causes of Deaths.
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