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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| 20. | Other heart disease | 36 | 83 | 119 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 22. | Influenza | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 4 | — | 4 |
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | — | — | — |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 1 | — | 1 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 32 | 39 | 71 |
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 35. | Suicide | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | — | — | — |
| Totals | 321 | 421 | 742 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During 1950, there were 14 deaths in infants under one year of
age, giving an infantile mortality rate for Wimbledon of 18.13 per
thousand live births as compared with a rate of 29.8 for England
and Wales.
The total number of neo-natal deaths (i.e. occurring during the
first four weeks of life) was 8, giving a neo-natal death-rate of
10.36 per thousand live births. All these eight deaths were due to
congenital defects, birth injuries, diseases of the newborn, or
prematurity.
Of the remaining 6 deaths, one was an accidental death, and
could be classified as preventable. Two children died from bronchitis,
two from gastro-enteritis and one from meningococcal
septicaemia.
The following table shows the causes of and ages at death, and
also the ward distribution.
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