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
Feltham 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 3 | — | 3 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 2 | — | 2 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | — | 1 |
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | — | — | — |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 33. | Motor Vehicles, accidents | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 35. | Suicide | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | 190 | 160 | 350 |
| Disease | Corrected Notifications | Admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | |||
| Measles | 614 | 31 | — | |||
| Whooping Cough | 16 | - | — | |||
| Ac. Pneumonia | 10 | 4 | 20 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 3 | — | |||
| Ac. Encephalitis | — | — | — | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | |||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | — | |||
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| Poliomyelitis (Non-paralytic) | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | |||
| Paratyphoid fevers | — | — | — | |||
| Malaria | — | — | — | |||
| Dysentery | 9 | 6 | — | |||
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 1 | — | |||
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | |||
| Age Periods | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Scarlet Fever | Measles | Whooping Cough | Acute Poliomyelitis non- | |
| Paralytic | Paralytic | |||||
| Under 1 year | — | — | 11 | 2 | — | — |
| 1—2 years | — | 2 | 131 | 5 | I | — |
| 3—4 years | — | 2 | 161 | 7 | — | 1 |
| 5—9 years | — | 8 | 288 | 2 | I | — |
| 10—14 years | — | 1 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 15—24 years | — | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| 25 and over | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Total | — | 13 | 614 | 16 | 2 | 1 |