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Wimbledon 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Table showing the births, deaths, and death-rates inthe Borough of Wimbledon in the last seven years.

Table showing the births, deaths, and death-rates inthe Borough of Wimbledon in the last seven years.

1928192719261925192419231922
Births691717807760814868868
Deaths632620579638645546616
Death-rates10.710.69.910.911.19.499

Table: Table II. gives the causes of, and ages at, deaths during 1928. Deaths due to notifiable infectious diseases are given on p. 35. The principal causes of death, apart from Zymotic deaths, are as follows :—

Table II. gives the causes of, and ages at, deaths during 1928. Deaths due to notifiable infectious diseases are given on p. 35. The principal causes of death, apart from Zymotic deaths, are as follows :—

Heart Disease112
Cancer84
Pneumonia46
Arterio Sclerosis42
Tuberculosis (Respiratory)35
Bronchitis29

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Infantile Mortality :—There were 38 infant deaths during
the year (including transferable deaths), giving a rate of 55
per thousand registered births, an increase of 5 per thousand
on last year's figures, when there were 37 deaths and a rate
of 50. The infantile death-rate calculatcd on the RegistrarGeneral's
figures, is 56 per thousand births. The infant death
rate for illegitimate children was 102 per thousand illegitimate
births.
The following table shows the causes of death, and ages
at death, of Infants under one year:—
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