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
Wandsworth 1916
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Localisation of Disease. | Number of cases notified. | No. of deaths. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 25. | 25 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 55. | 55 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Males. | 1 Females. | Total. | Removed. | On Register. | |
| Brain | 39 | „ 17 | 22 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 21 | 38 | ... | *1 |
| Glands, Mediastinal | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| „ Mesenteric | 24 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| Cervical | 68 | 33 | 35 | ... | 15 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 67 |
| Bones and joints | 55 | 30 | 25 | ... | 11 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 54 |
| Lupus | 5 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| I.arynx | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| General Tub(rculosis | 11 | ... | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 9 | ... | 2 |
| Other parts | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | 7 |
| Tota L | 216 | 102 | 114 | 12 | 59 | 53 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 2 | 146 | |
| *Wrongly diagnosed. | |||||||||||||||||||