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
Bethnal Green 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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Causes of Death in Inquest cases—
| Acute Bronchitis | 5 |
| „ Cholecystitis | 1 |
| „ Diarrhœa | 1 |
| „ Meningitis | 1 |
| „ Pericarditis | 1 |
| „ Pneumonia | 16 |
| Angina Pectoris | 1 |
| Apoplexy | 15 |
| Atelectasis | 5 |
| Atheroma of Aorta | 2 |
| Broncho-pneumonia | 11 |
| Cardiac Valvular Disease | 12 |
| Cancer | 2 |
| Cerebral Softening | 1 |
| Chronic Nephritis | 3 |
| Congestion of Lungs | 2 |
| Convulsions | 9 |
| Dilatation of Stomach | 1 |
| Fatty Degeneration of Heart | 8 |
| Gastric Catarrh | 1 |
| General Dropsy | 2 |
| Inanition | 3 |
| Infective Enteritis | 4 |
| Jaundice | 1 |
| Malformation of Heart | 2 |
| Malnutrition | 1 |
| Measles | 2 |
| Meningitis (Tubercular) | 1 |
| Pertussis | 2 |
| Pharyngeal Abscess | 1 |
| Peritonitis | 2 |
| Phthisis | 2 |
| Pleurisy | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 8 |
| Rupture of Aneurism of Aorta | 2 |
| Senile Decay | 4 |