Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I present herewith my report upon the Health and Sanitary
conditions of the Borough during the year 1941.
In accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health,
the report is an abridged one and is mainly a statistical review.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
G. MACDONALD,
Medical Officer of Health.
The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short list used by the Registrar-General, were as follows:—
1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | 18. | Intra cranial vascular lesions | 83 | |
2. | Cerebro-spinal fever | 3 | 19. | Heart disease | 444 | |
3. | Scarlet fever | — | 20. | Other diseases of circulatory system | 50 | |
4. | Whooping cough | 5 | ||||
5. | Diphtheria | 2 | 21. | Bronchitis | 119 | |
6. | Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 87 | 22. | Pneumonia | 72 | |
23. | Other respiratory diseases | 12 | ||||
7. | Other forms of tuberculosis | 18 | 24. | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 25 | |
8. | Syphilitic diseases | 22 | ||||
9. | Influenza | 14 | 25. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 2 | |
10. | Measles | 3 | 26. | Appendicitis | 6 | |
11. | Acute polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis | — | 27. | Other digestive diseases | 29 | |
28. | Nephritis | 27 | ||||
12. | Acute infective encephalitis | — | 29. | Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis | 1 | |
13. | Cancer of buccal cavity and œso-P h a g u s (m): uterus (f) | 15 | 200 | 30. | Other maternal causes | 1 |
31. | Premature birth | 25 | ||||
14. | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 46 | 32. | Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infantile diseases | 12 | |
15. | Cancer of breast | 21 | 33. | Suicide | 10 | |
34. | Road traffic accidents | 15 | ||||
16 | Cancer of all other sites | 118 | 35. | Other violent causes | 111 | |
17 | Diabetes | 11 | 36. | All other causes | 96 |