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 East Barnet]
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OPTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notified. | Treated. | |||||
At home. | In Hospital. | |||||
2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
TABLE II.
Causes of, and ages at, Death during the year 1939.
Causes of Death. | All Ages. | Under 1 yr. | 1 & under 2 | 2 & 5 yrs. | 5 & 15 yrs. | 15 & 25 yrs. | 25 & 45 yrs. | 15 & 65 yrs. | 65 & upwds. | Total Deaths in Public In Institut-ions in District. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canser. | 6l | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 29 | 30 | 60 |
Heart Disease. | 107 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | 33 | 44 | 92 |
Cerebral Thrombosis. | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 8 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage. | 17 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | 14 |
Arterio-Sclerosis. | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 6 |
Nephritis. | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 9 |
Pneumonia. | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 12 |
Bronchitis. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
Influenza. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Tuberculosis. | 17 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 5 | - | 7 |
Premature Birth. | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Icterus Gravis | ||||||||||
Neonatirum. | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Cachexia. | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Marasmus. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Convulsions. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Haemorrhage from | ||||||||||
Umbilical cord. | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Gastric Enteritis. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Ulcerative Colitis. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
Anaemia. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Meningitis. | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Appendicitis (op.) | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
Acute Intestinal Obstructn. (op.) | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Strangulated Hernia | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Uraemia. | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Congenital Syphilis. | 1 | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | - | - |
Diabetes. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Suicide. | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | - |
Accident. | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Senility. | 2 | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 2 | 1 |
General Paresis. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Cirrhosis of Liver. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Lymphatic Leukaemia. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Enlarged Prostate. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Duodenal Ulcer. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Totals | 330 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 61 | 101 | 112. | 275. |