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Wimbledon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: Table II gives the causes of, and ages at, death during 1933. Deaths due to notifiable infectious diseases are given on page 73. The principle causes of death, apart from zymotic deaths, are as follows:—

Table II gives the causes of, and ages at, death during 1933. Deaths due to notifiable infectious diseases are given on page 73. The principle causes of death, apart from zymotic deaths, are as follows:—

Cancer92
Heart Disease151208
Cerebral Hæmorrhage29
Aneurysm4
Other Circulatory Diseases24
Pneumonia4669
Bronchitis20
Other Respiratory Diseases3
Influenza17
Tuberculosis (Respiratory)35

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Cancer.
Cancer and malignant disease were responsible for
ninety-two deaths or 14.46 per cent. of the total number
recorded.
The following table gives the percentage figures since
1922:—

Table: Deaths from Cancer.

Deaths from Cancer.

YearTotal DeathsCancer DeathsPercentage
19226169114.77
19235466812.45
19246458613.33
19256389014.10
192657910417.96
19276207512.09
19286328413.29
192977410313.30
193064810616.35
193172410314.22
193271310414.58
19336369214.46

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Although these figures vary considerably from year to
year, there appears to be no direct evidence that cancer is
on the increase in Wimbledon.
Diseases of the Heart and Circulation.
One hundred and fifty-one deaths were due to heart
disease. In addition there were twenty-nine deaths from
cerebral hæmorrhage, four from aneurysm and twenty-four
from other circulatory diseases. Thus, two hundred and
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