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
Deptford 1926
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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sequence he had to give up his work, and institutional treatment was
recommended. The loss of his earnings reduced the family income
considerably, there being left only his small service pension, insurance
benefit and sick club payments, just sufficient to maintain his wife and
child while he was away. The problem of his boy's school fees was
causing him anxiety. Through the Care Committee a grant of £5 5s.
for the next term fees was obtained from a Naval Fund, and a promise
that a further application would be considered when another term's
fees became due. Our patient was thus enabled to go away with his
mind at ease.
CANCER.
| Year | No. of Deaths | Year | No. of Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 146 | 1925 | 164 |
| 1923 | 140 | 1926 | 159 |
| 1924 | 148 |
Deaths from, at age periods.
| Year | 2 to 5 years | 5 to 15 years | 15 to 25 years | 25 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 years & upwards | 75 years & over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 76 | 59 | — |
| 1923 | — | — | — | 12 | 74 | 41 | 13 |
| 1924 | — | — | 1 | 10 | 62 | 43 | 32 |
| 1925 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 82 | 37 | 27 |
| 1926 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 72 | 51 | 25 |
Deaths from, in Men and Women at different age periods.
| Year | Sex | Under 25 years | 25 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 to 75 years | 75 years and upwards | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Male | 1 | 9 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 87 |
| Female | — | 8 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 77 | |
| Total | 1 | 17 | 82 | 37 | 27 | 164 | |
| 1926 | Male | 1 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 74 |
| Female | 1 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 85 | |
| Total | 2 | 9 | 72 | 51 | 25 | 159 |
Looking at the death rates of cancer and tuberculosis, we find that
in 1884 the death rate from tuberculosis, out of every million persons
living, was 2,574, while that for cancer was 563. In 1920 the death