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Wimbledon 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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These seven epidemic diseases may be divided into notifiable
and non-notifiable, and of the former 6 deaths were due
to Diphtheria, 4 to Enteric Fever, and 1 to Scarlet Fever;
of the latter 3 were due to Whooping Cough, 21 to Measles,
and 40 to Diarrhoea, making an aggregate of 75 deaths, as
against 33 last year, or equal to a Zymotic death-rate of 1.28
and .58 last year per thousand of the population.
In addition to the deaths from Zymotic diseases, the
principal causes of death were as follows:—
Broncho-Pneumonia 17
Pneumonia 31
Bronchitis 36
Other Respiratory Diseases 3
Cancer 54
Phthisis 51
Other forms of Tuberculosis 10
Nephritis and Bright's Disease 22
Congenital Debility and Malformation
(including Premature Births) 36
Organic Heart Disease 47
For the purpose of comparison the following Table is compiled from the returns of the Registrar General:—
Vital Statistics for 1913 (Provisional Figures).
| Annual Rates per 1,000 living. | Infant Mortality of infants under 1 year per 1,000 Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths from all Causes. | ||
Table A shows the births, deaths (registered in district)
and death-rates, and the deaths at certain ages and for specified
causes for the past five years.
Table B shows for the same years the number of infectious
cases notified, and the deaths from each disease.
Table C shows the death-rates from Zymotic Diseases,
Phthisis, and other forms of Tuberculosis for the past ten
years.
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