London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bexley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| 6 Influenza | 3 | |
| 7 Encephalitis lethargica | — | — |
| 8 Cerebrospinal Fever | 1 | 1 |
| 9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 15 | 14 |
| 10 Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | 1 |
| 11 Syphilis | 1 | — |
| 12 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | 1 | - |
| 13 Cancer, malignant disease | 45 | 48 |
| 14 Diabetes | — | 5 |
| 15 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 11 | 20 |
| 16 Heart disease | 81 | 88 |
| 17 Aneurysm | 2 | 1 |
| 18 Other circulatory diseases | 12 | 17 |
| 19 Bronchitis | 2 | 7 |
| 20 Pneumonia (all forms) | 17 | 14 |
| 21 Other respiratory diseases | 3 | 4 |
| 22 Peptic Ulcer | 8 | 2 |
| 23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 4 | 1 |
| 24 Appendicitis | 3 | 3 |
| 25 Cirrhosis of liver | — | 1 |
| 26 Other diseases of liver, etc | 2 | 2 |
| 27 Other digestive diseases | 7 | 11 |
| 28 Acute and chronic nephritis | 5 | 8 |
| 2,9 Puerperal sepsis | — | 1 |
| 30 Other puerperal causes | — | — |
| 31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation, etc. | 20 | 10 |
| 32 Senility | — | 6 |
| 33 Suicide | 5 | 9 |
| 34 Other violence | 21 | 10 |
| 35 Other defined diseases | 29 | 19 |
| 36 Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 |
| Special causes (include in No. 35 above(:- | ||
| Small-pox | — | - |
| Poliomyelitis | — | - |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — |
| Anthrax | - | — |