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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
Finsbury 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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DEATHS 1940
| Causes of death | All | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-45 | 45-65 | 65+ |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 62 | 1 | – | 1 | 28 | 25 | 7 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 9 | – | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – |
| Other forms of tuberculosis Syphilitic diseases | 5 | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Influenza | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Measles | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute inf. encephalitis | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Cancer of buccal cavity and oesoph.(M.) uterus (F) | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Cancer of stomaæh and duodenum | 18 | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Cancer of breast | 11 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 6 |
| Cancer of all other sites | 51 | – | – | – | 1 | 22 | 28 |
| Diabetes | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 32 | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| Intra-cranial vascular lesions Heart disease | 189 | – | – | 3 | 4 | 44 | 138 |
| Heart disease Other diseases of circulatory system | 30 | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 24 |
| Bronchitis | 1103 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 33 | 63 |
| Pneumonia | 59 | 7 | 2 | – | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 16 | – | – | – | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Diarrhoea under 2 years | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Appendicitis | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other digestive diseases | 21 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Nephritis | 14 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 9 |
| Puerperal and post-abortive sopsis | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Other maternal causes | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Premature birth | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Congenital malformation, birth injury, infant dis. | 10 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Suicide | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| Road traffic accidents | 17 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Other violent causes | 188 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 64 | 60 | 40 |
| All other causes | 44 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 928 | 37 | 15 | 27 | 133 | 269 | 447 |
SECTION B - GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
Staff. By the beginning of the year most of the staff had been relieved of the
duties to which they had been allocated at the outbreak of war to assist the A.R.P.
Services and the officers had returned to their normal duties. Many of them, however,
continued to give their services to Civil Defence in a voluntary capacity.
The follwing are the principal changes in the staff during the year:-
(1) Dr. A.B. Stewart appointed Deputy Medical Officer
of Health and Tuberculosis Officer
(2) Mr. E.Q. Bilham, Assistant Administrative Officer
appointed as Milk Officer
(3) Mr. H. Ward (former Sanitary Inspector) appointed
Chief Clerk
(4) Mr. J. lewis appointed as temporary Sanitary Inspector
to replace Mr. 11. Ward
(5) Miss Calpen appointed as Nurse Masseuse in place of
Miss Fawcett who resigned upon her marriage
(6) Dr. C.M.M. Culver Evans, Assistant Medical Officer of
Health joined H.M. Forces.