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
Fulham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF DEATH:
| 1417 deaths as follows:- | 1948 | 1947 |
|---|---|---|
| Typhoid | 1 | – |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | – | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis of Respirdtory System | 68 | 60 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 5 | 1.1 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | – |
| Syphilitic disease | 8 | 18 |
| Influenza | 2 | 13 |
| Poliomyelitis | – | 4 |
| Acute Infectious Encephalitis | – | 1 |
| Cancer of (a) buccal cavity | 4 | 11 |
| (b) uterus | 18 | 12 |
| (c) stomach & duodenum | 51 | 41 |
| (d) breast | 27 | 29 |
| (e) other sites | 176 | 159 |
| Diabetes | 4 | 9 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 127 | 137 |
| Heart Diseasa | 391 | 393 |
| Other diseases of the circulatory system | 66 | 57 |
| Bronchitis | 110 | 114 |
| Pneumonia | 65 | 112 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 15 | 18 |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 15 | 27 |
| Diarrhoea (under two years) | 7 | 12 |
| Appendicitis | 3 | 4 |
| Oother digestive diseases | 33 | 28 |
| Nepheitis | 34 | 31 |
| Matarnal causes | 2 | – |
| Premature birth | 22 | 17 |
| Congenital malformations etc., | 23 | 32 |
| Puerperal and post abortive sepsis | – | 1 |
| Suicide | 19 | 8 |
| Road traffic accidents | 15 | 12 |
| Other violent causes | 26 | 32 |
| All other causes | 74 | 83 |
| Infantile Deaths: There were 59 deaths of infants under the age of one year, the causes being as follows:- | 1948 | 1947 |
|---|---|---|
| Whooping cough | 3 | 2 |
| Syphilitic disease | 1 | – |
| Acute Infective Encephalitis | – | 1 |
| Influenza | – | 1 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | – | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 17 |
| Diarrhoea | 7 | 12 |
| Prematurity | 22 | 1? |
| Other respiratory diseases | 1 | 1 |
| Asphyxia | 1 | 4 |
| Congenital malformations etc. | 16 | 26 |
| Otitis Media | – | 1 |
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 |
| Infective Hepatitis | – | 1 |
| Mongolism | 1 | – |
| Marasmus | – | 1 |
| 59 | 87 |
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The Infant Mortality rate was 26.5 per 1,000 live births (32.9 in 1947)