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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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(2) An increase from 1 to 4 of the number of deaths from motor
vehicle accidents.
(3) An increase from 3 to 10 of the number of deaths from other
accidental causes.
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||||||||
| 1. Tuberculosis respiratory | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | - | ||||||||||
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 4. Diphtheria | - | ||||||||||
| 5. Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 6. Meningococcal infections | - | ||||||||||
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | - | ||||||||||
| 8. Measles | - | ||||||||||
| 9. Other Infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10. Malignant neoplasm - stomach | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
| 11. " " - lung bronchus | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | |||||
| 12. " " - breast | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 13. " " - uterus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 30 | ||||
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 16. Diabetes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 25 | ||||
| 18. Coronary disease angina | 1 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 63 | ||||
| 19. Hypertension with heart disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 20. Other heart disease | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 36 | ||||
| 21. Other circulatory disease | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 22. Influenza | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 23. Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 24. Bronchitis | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 31 | |||||
| 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 27. Gastritis enteritis and diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | - | ||||||||||
| 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | ||||||||||
| 31. Congenital malformations | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 34 | ||
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 34. All other accidents | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||||
| 35. Suicide | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 103 | 67 | 29 | 48 | 64 | 350 |