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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
Hampstead 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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The causes of death, arranged under the headings of the short list used by the Registrar-General, were as follows:-
| 1. Tuberculosis, respiratory | 25 | 21. Other circulatory disease | 48 |
| 2. Tuberculosis, other | 4 | 22. Influenza | 15 |
| 3. Syphilitic disease | 5 | 23. Pneumonia | 51 |
| 4. Diphtheria | - | 24. Bronchitis | 64 |
| 5. Whooping cough | 1 | 25. Other diseases of respiratory system | 16 |
| 6. Meningococcal infections | - | ||
| 7. Acute poliomyelitis | - | 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 16 |
| 8. Measles | 1 | ||
| 9. Other infective and parasitic diseases | 3 | 27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 8 |
| 10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 25 | 28. Nephritis and nephrosis | 9 |
| 11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 39 | 29. Hyperplasia of prostate | 7 |
| 12. Malignant neoplasm, breast | 33 | 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 |
| 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus | 8 | 31. Congenital malformations | 12 |
| 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 110 | 32 Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 95 |
| 15. Leukaemia, aleukæmia | 6 | 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 6 |
| 16. Diabetes | 16 | 34. All other accidents | 26 |
| 17. Vascular lesions of nervous system | 135 | 35. Suicide | 23 |
| 18. Coronary disease, angina | 146 | 36. Homicide and operations of war | - |
| 19. Hypertension, with heart disease | 43 | ||
| 20. Other heart disease | 131 | 1,128 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1951.
During the year 1951, 111 new cases of Tuberculosis were notified,
99 being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 12 of other forms of
the disease.
The following statistical table gives an analysis of the newly notified casesand deaths during 1951.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 5-15 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 15-25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 25-35 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 35-45 | 10 | 7 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 45-55 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| 55-65 | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 5 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 57 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
There were 761 Pulmonary and 114 Non-Pulmonary casus of tuberculosis
known to the Department at the end of the year 1951.
(6003) a 3