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
Finsbury 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | |||||||||
| l. | Tuberculosis, respiratory | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| 2. | Tuberculosis. other | . | ||||||||||
| 3. | Syphilitic disease | . | ||||||||||
| 4. | Diphtheria | . | ||||||||||
| 5. | Whooping Cough | . | ||||||||||
| 6. | Meningococcal infections | . | ||||||||||
| 7. | Acute poliomyelitis | . | ||||||||||
| 8. | Measles | . | ||||||||||
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10. | Malignant neoplasm - stomach | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| 11. | ,, ,, - lung bronchus | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |||||
| 12. | ,, ,, - breast | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 13. | ,, ,, - uterus | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 34 | ||||
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 16. | Diabetes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | |||||
| 18. | Coronary disease, angina | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 51 | ||||
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||||||
| 20. | Other heart disease | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 39 | ||||
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 22. | Influenza | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 23. | Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| 24. | Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 38 | |||
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 34 | ||||
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 34. | All other accidents | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| 35. | Suicide | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | |||||||||||
| Totals | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 99 | 68 | 35 | 55 | 64 | 359 | |