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 West Ham]
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Abdominal Trouble | 27 | Lunatic | i |
Abscess | 6 | Malaria | 1 |
Accidents | 679 | Mastoid | 5 |
Appendicitis | 84 | Maternity | 102 |
Assault | 14 | Measles | 2 |
Asthma | 1 | Meningitis | 2 |
Bladder | 2 | Nephritis | 2 |
Brain Trouble | 2 | Nervous Disorder | 6 |
Bronchitis | 2 | Observation | 3 |
Burns | 7 | Obstruction | 7 |
Cancer | 8 | Operation | 76 |
Celulitis | 4 | Orthopaedic Treatment | 1 |
Chest Trouble | 5 | Paralysis | |
Colic | 1 | Pelvic, Inflammation, etc. | |
Collapse | 115 | Peritonitis | 2 |
Coma | 1 | Phlebitis | 2 |
Complications | 1 | Pleurisy | 5 |
Concussion | 4 | Pneumonia | 33 |
Congestion of Lungs | 2 | Poisoning, Accidental, etc. | 5 |
Convulsions | 2 | Quinsy | 2 |
Diabetes | 1 | Rheumatism | 11 |
Diseased Foot | 1 | Rheumatic Fever | 6 |
Dog Bite | 1 | Rib | 1 |
Dropsy | 1 | Rupture | 4 |
Ear Disease | 1 | Senile Decay | 2 |
Empyema | 1 | Septicaemia | 1 |
Enteritis | 1 | Septic, Stomach, etc. | 4 |
Epilepsy | 1 | Shock | 5 |
Examination | 2 | Sleepy Sickness | 3 |
Eye | 1 | Spine | 23 |
Fits | 65 | Stroke | 48 |
Fluid on Lung | 1 | Suicide, and Attempted Suicide | 2 |
Gallstones | 3 | ||
Gastric, Ulcers, etc. | 13 | Synovitis | 1 |
General Debility | 1 | Throat | 2 |
Haemorrhage | 19 | Transference of Patients from one Hospital to another | 4 |
Head Trouble | 1 | ||
Heart | 70 | ||
Hernia | 5 | Tuberculosis | 92 |
Hip | 4 | Tumour | 1 |
Hysteria | 6 | Ulcerated, Stomach, etc. | 1 |
Illness in Street, etc. | 23 | Unconscious | 4 |
Immersion | 1 | Uterine Fibroids | 1 |
Internal Trouble | 49 | Varicose Veins | 3 |
Jaundice | 1 | Wasting | 1 |
Kidney Trouble | 7 | ||
Leg Trouble | 1 | ||
Loss of Memory | 7 | Total | 1740 |