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. | |
---|---|---|
1. | Heart disease and other diseases of circulatory | |
system (18—21) | 444 | |
Vascular lesions of nervous system (17) | 137 | |
581 | ||
2. | Malignant neoplasms (10—14) | 278 |
3. | Respiratory diseases :— | |
(a) Influenza (22) | 64 | |
(b) Pneumonia (23) | 13 | |
(c) Bronchitis (24) | 54 | |
(d) Other respiratory diseases (25) | 75 | |
206 | ||
4. | Tuberculosis:— | |
(a) Respiratory system (1) | 7 | |
(b) Other forms (2) | 1 | |
8 | ||
5. | Violent deaths :— | |
(a) Suicide (35) | 13 | |
(b) Road traffic (33) | 17 | |
(c) Other violent causes (34) | 12 | |
42 | ||
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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