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
Paddington 1914
Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive)
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58 appendix: deaths of residents outside the borough.
| Causes of Death. | Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board. | General Hospitals. | Special Hospitals and Homes. | Lunatic Asylums. | Poor Law Institutions. | Elsewhere. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Measles | 28 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 63 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Epidemic Influenza | ... | 11 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 15 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
| Other Septic Diseases | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Acute Phthisis | 15 | 10 | 71 | 75 | 15 | 28 |
| Tub. Meningitis A. Hydrocephalus | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Syphilis | ... | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Cancer | 1 | 103 | 46 | 15 | 17 | 48 |
| Rheumatic Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Alcoholism | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Inflammation and Softening of Brain | ... | 2 | ... | 25 | ... | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Simple Meningitis | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Cerebral Hæmorrhage | 1 | 2 | ... | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| Convulsions | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 2 | 23 | 9 | 60 | 47 | 36 |
| Bronchitis | ... | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 14 |
| Lobular (Broncho-) Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 2 |
| Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia) | 1 | 2 | ... | 31 | 1 | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 12 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Diseases of Stomach | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| Appendicitis | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 |
| Obstruction of Intestines | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ... | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Nephritis and Bripht's Disease | ... | 9 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 11 |
| Tumours (N.—M.), &c., Fem. Genital Organs | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Congenital Defects | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | 2 | 9 |
| Premature Birth | ... | 2 | 27 | ... | 5 | 3 |
| Developmental Diseases | ... | 6 | 9 | ... | 6 | 6 |
| Old Age | ... | ... | 9 | 67 | 8 | 8 |
| Suicide | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 19 |
| Other Accidents and Violence | ... | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 46 |
| Homicide | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Ill-defined Causes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| All other Causes | 7 | 57 | 25 | 124 | 23 | 82 |
| All Causes | 179 | 382 | 255 | 494 | 286 | 401 |
| Transferred Deaths* | ... | 18 | 40 | 48 | 12 | 167 |
* Included in the figures given above.