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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| 9. | Influenza | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 10. | Measles | — | — | — |
| 11. | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | — | — | — |
| 12. | Acute Infectious Encephalitis | — | — | — |
| 13.N | [.Cancer of Buccal Cavity and Oesophagus (males only) | 8 | _ | 8 |
| 13.F | Cancer of Uterus (females only) | — | 5 | 5 |
| 14. | Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 15. | Cancer of Breast | — | 26 | 26 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 41 | 38 | 79 |
| 17. | Diabetes | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 18. | Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions | 26 | 51 | 77 |
| 19. | Heart Disease | 98 | 119 | 217 |
| 20. | Other Diseases of the Circulatory System | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 32 | 13 | 45 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 25 | 13 | 38 |
| 23! | Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 24. | Ulcer of the Stomach or Duodenum | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 1 | — | 1 |
| 26. | Appendicitis | 1 | — | 1 |
| 27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 29. | Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis | — | — | — |
| 30. | Other Maternal causes | — | — | — |
| 31. | Premature Birth | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 32. | Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 33. | Suicide | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 34. | Road Traffic Accidents | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 35. | Other violent causes | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 36. | All other causes | 33 | 32 | 65 |
| Totals | 349 | 394 | 743 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During 1946 there were twenty four deaths of infants under one
year of age, giving an infantile-mortality rate for Wimbledon of 23
per thousand live births, as compared with a rate of 43 for England
and Wales.
During 1945 the infantile-mortality rate for Wimbledon was 36
as compared with a rate of 46 for England and Wales.
Only one of the twenty four infant deaths during 1946 was due
to gastro-enteritis. No fewer than thirteen of these twenty four
deaths occurred during the first week of life. Seven of these were due
to congenital defects, and five of the remainder to prematurity.
The total number of neo-natal deaths (i.e. deaths occurring during
the first month of life), was seventeen, giving a neo-natal death
rate of 16.3 per thousand live births.
The following table shows the causes of, and ages at death, together
with the Ward distribution.
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