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
Kensington 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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CAUSES OP DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN 1948.
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal | |||||
| Fever | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Phthisis | 76 | 1 | 1 | 32 | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 10 | - | 4 | 2 | |
| Syphilis | 9 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Influenza | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis etc. | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Infectious | |||||
| Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cancer (all forms) | 321 | - | - | 22 | 299 |
| Diabetes | 9 | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| Intra-cranial | |||||
| Vascular Lesions | 149 | - | - | 5 | 144 |
| Heart Disease | - | 1 | 12 | 419 | |
| Other diseases of | |||||
| circulatory system | 81 | - | - | 3 | 78 |
| Bronchitis | 78 | 3 | - | 6 | 69 |
| Pneumonia | 83 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 68 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 20 | - | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Ulcers of the stomach | 25 | - | - | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea (under two years) | 10 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Appendicitis | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Other digestive | 39 | 1 | - | 2 | 36 |
| diseases | |||||
| Nephritis | 50 | - | - | 6 | 44 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Other maternal causes | _ | - | - | ||
| Premature Birth | 29 | 29 | - | - | - |
| Infantile diseases etc. | 52 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Suicide | 28 | - | - | 10 | 18 |
| Road Traffic Accidents | 10 | - | 2 | 4 | |
| Other violent causes | 1 | 1 | 15 | 32 | |
| All other causes | 105 | 5 | - | 19 | 81 |
| TOTALS | 1685 | 111 | 17 | 163 | 1394 |