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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| 16. Cancer of all other sites | 47 | 42 | 89 |
| 17. Diabetes | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 18. Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions | 32 | 58 | 90 |
| 19. Heart Disease | 108 | 120 | 228 |
| 20. Other Diseases of the Circulatory System | 15 | 24 | 39 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 27 | 16 | 43 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| 23. Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 24. Ulcer of the Stomach or Duodenum | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | – | 1 | 1 |
| 26. Appendicitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 28. Nephritis | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 29. Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis | – | – | – |
| 30. Other Maternal causes | – | – | – |
| 31. Premature Birth | – | 5 | 5 |
| 32. Congenital Malformations, Birth Injury, Infantile Diseases | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 33. Suicide | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 34. Road Traffic Accidents | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 36. All other causes | 18 | 22 | 40 |
| Totals | 349 | 405 | 754 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During 1949, 22 deaths occurred in infants under one year of
age, giving an infantile mortality rate for Wimbledon of 25 per
thousand live births, as compared with a rate of 32 for England and
Wales.
Twelve of these deaths were due to congenital malformations
or birth injuries and 5 were due to prematurity. 13 of these 22
deaths occurred during the first week of life.
The total number of neo-natal deaths (i.e. occurring during the
first month of life) was 14, giving a neo-natal death-rate of 16 per
thousand live births.
There were 2 infant deaths due to accidental causes. Both
children were two months old.
The slight rise in the infantile-mortality rate is due to the
increased number of infant deaths from congential defect or birth
injury, the figure having risen from 5 in 1948 to 12 in 1949.
The following table shows the causes of, and ages at death, and
also the ward distribution.
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