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
Hampstead 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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| Other heart disease | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 12 | 60 | - | 1 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 83 | |||
| Other circulatory disease | 23 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 20 | 58 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 18 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 27 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 45 | ||
| Bronchitis | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 12 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 13 | 50 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | l | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 17 |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | l | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Pregnancy, child birth abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | l |
| Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Other defined and illdefined diseases | 32 | 11 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 12 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 89 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| All other accidents | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 11 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| Suicide | 10 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | - | 15 | — | - | - | 3 | 2 | 9 | - | 1 | 25 | |
| Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL:- | 438 | 18 | - | 2 | 1 | 24 | 109 | 131 | 153 | 591 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 118 | 143 | 277 | 1029 |