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 Harrow]
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There are 18 Nursing and Maternity Homes in the district, possessing a total of 143 beds. Of these institutions, 14 are devoted either wholly or partly to the reception of maternity cases.
CAUSE OF DEATH | Under 1 year | Over 1 and under 2 | Over 2 and under 5 | Over 5 and under 15 | Over 15 and under 25 | Over 25 and under 35 | Over 35 and under 45 | Over 45 and under 55 | Over 55 and under 65 | Over 65 and under 75 | Over 75 | Total | Registrar-General's Allocations | |||||||||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
1. Typhoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
2. Measles | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
3. Scarlet fever | - | - | -_ | - | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
4. Whooping cough | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
5. Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
6. Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
7. Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8. Cerebro-spinal fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
9. Respiratory tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 32 |
10. Other tuberculosis | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
11.Syphilis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - |
12. General paralysis of the Insane | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
13. Cancer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 70 | 85 | 70 | 86 |
14. Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
15. Cerebral haemorrhage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 40 | 21 | 36 |
16. Heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 30 | 39 | 21 | 41 | 89 | 110 | 88 | 114 |
17. Aneurysm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 20 | 28 |
19. Bronchitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
20. Pneumonia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 24 | 43 | 21 |
21. Other respiratory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
22. Peptic ulcer | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
23. Diarrhœa (under 2 year) | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
24. Appendicitis | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
26. Other diseases of liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 12 |
28. Nephritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 18 |
29. Puerperal sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
30. Other puerperal causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
31. Congenital debility | 40 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 28 | 39 | 25 |
32. Senility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 32 | 14 | 24 |
33. Suicide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
34. Other violence | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
35. other defined diseases | 4 | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 34 | 36 | 40 |
36. Causes ill-defined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 66 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 55 | 48 | 77 | 74 | 107 | 120 | 91 | 139 | 542 | 537 | 540 | 536 |