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
Hammersmith 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Sex. | 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 45— | 65— | Total allAges. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever | M | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping Cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Diphtheria | M | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 6. Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | M | - | 1 | - | 31 | 35 | ||
| F | - | - | - | 23 | 5 | 29 | ||
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis | M | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| F | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | |||
| 8. Syphilitic Diseases | M | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| F | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9. Influenza | M | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | |
| F | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10. Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 11. Ac. Polio-myelitis and Polioencephalitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 12. Ac. Inf. Encephalitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| F | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 13. Cancer of Buc. Cav. and Oesoph. (M). Uterns (F) | M | - | - | - | 3 | |||
| F | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 23 | ||
| 14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | M | - | - | - | 6 | |||
| F | - | - | - | - | 5 | |||
| 15. Cancer of Breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | 22 | ||||
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | M | - | - | 5 | 38 | 43 | ||
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 52 | ||
| 17. Diabetes | M | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| F | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |
| 18. Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions | M | - | - | - | - | 29 | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | 20 | 39 | 59 | |
| 19. Heart Disease | M | - | - | - | 39 | 99 | 143 | |
| F | - | - | - | 5 | 29 | 145 | ||
| 20. Other Diseases of Cire. System | M | - | - | - | - | 18 | ||
| F | -, | - | - | 8 | 24 | 33 | ||
| 21. Bronchitis | M | 4 | - | - | 2 | 33 | 44 | 83 |
| F | 2 | - | - | 2 | 9 | 52 | 65 | |
| 22. Pneumonia | M | 17 | - | - | 20 | 67 | ||
| F | 2 | - | - | 2 | 8 | |||
| 23. Other Respiratory Diseases | M | - | - | - | 6 | 7 | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 24. Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | M | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
| 25. Diarrhoea under 2 years | M | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | 7 | ||
| 26. Appendicitis | M | -' | 3 | 7 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | M | - | - | 9 | 5 | |||
| F | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 20 | ||
| 28. Nephritis | M | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | ||
| F | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 29. Puerperal and Post-abortive Sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 30. Other Maternal causes | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 31. Premature Birth | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 32. Con. Mai. Birth Injuries Infant Dis. | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | ||
| F | 2 | - | - | 5 | ||||
| 33. Suicide | M | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | ||
| F | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | ||
| 34. Road Traffic Accidents | M | - | 2 | |||||
| F | - | -• | - | - | 2 | |||
| 35. Other violent causes | M | 2 | 5 | 50 | 40 | |||
| F | 2 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 38 | |||
| 36. All other causes | M | 4 | - | 5 | 66 | |||
| F | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Totals all causes | M | 54 | 123 | 382 | 907 | |||
| F | 8 | 206 | 487 | 849 | ||||
| 75 | 28 | 238 | 524 | 869 | 1,756 |