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
Willesden 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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as compared with 96 and 47 last year. The rates in
the different wards are given in Table No. 6.
The 97 deaths ascribed to Cancer run the 111
from Phthsis very closely.
It is doubtful, however, how far the increase of
the deaths ascribed to Cancer is real, as there can be
no doubt that much of it is due to improved diagnosis.
METEOROLOGY.
The following table and diagrams give the chief
data for the year. They are an abstract from the
records of observations made at the Council's
Meteorological Stations situated at the Hospital and
the Sewage Farm.