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 Wimbledon]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningitis | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Organic Heart Disease | 65 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 18 | 41 | 4 |
Bronchitis | 57 | 5 | 1 | l | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 2 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 40 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Other Diseases of Respiratory organs | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Alcoholism | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 24 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 18 | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 22 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Suicides | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Other Defined Diseases | 173 | 8 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 107 | 31 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 634 | 43 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 101 | 134 | 276 | 74 |
Sub-entries included in above figures. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bronchopneumonia | 12 | 2 | l | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |