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) | 410 |
Vascular lesions of nervous system (17) | 146 | |
556 | ||
2. | Malignant neoplasms (10—14) | 286 |
3. | Respiratory diseases:— | |
(a) Influenza (22) | 2 | |
(b) Pneumonia (23) | 28 | |
(c) Bronchitis (24) | 57 | |
(d) Other respiratory diseases (25) | 10 | |
97 | ||
4. | Tuberculosis:— | |
(a) Respiratory system (1) | 5 | |
(b) Other forms (2) | 1 | |
6 | ||
5. | Violent deaths:— | |
(a) Suicide (35) | 13 | |
(b) Road traffic (33) | 15 | |
(c) Other violent causes (34) | 16 | |
(d) Homicide | 2 | |
46 |
6. Congenital malformations (31)
Note : Numbers in brackets are index numbers allocated by
Registrar-General for Annual Return of Causes of Deaths.
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