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
Islington 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| CAUSES OF HEATH. | AGES. | BOTH SEXES | TOTALS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under I year | I year and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | All Ages | M | F | |
| All causes | 172 | 27 | 36 | 268 | 748 | 1605 | 2856 | 1521 | 1335 |
| 1. Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Cerebrospinal fever | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping Cough | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - |
| 5. Diphtheria | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 6. Tuberculosis of respixatery system. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 52 | 17 | 157 | 107 | 50 |
| 7. Other forms of tubercolosis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 |
| 8. Syphilitic disease. | 1 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| 9. Influenza | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 10. Measles | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis and policencephalitis | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | ||
| 12. Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 13. Cancer of buco cav & cesop; (M) | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 22 | 22 | - | |
| Cancer: utocus (F) | - | - | - | - | 16 | 8 | 24 | . | 2? |
| 14. Cancer of stomach & duodenum. | - | - | - | 4 | 31 | 48 | 83 | 46 | 37 |
| 15. Cancer of breasts | - | - | - | 3 | 20 | 21 | 44 | - | 44 |
| l6. Cancer of all other sites | - | - | 1 | 21 | 122 | 141 | 285 | 172 | 113 |
| 17. Diabetes | - | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 11 |
| l8. Intra-cranial Vascular lesions | - | - | - | 1 | 52 | 155 | 208 | 87 | 121 |
| 19. Heart, Disease | - | - | 1 | 27 | 132 | 554 | 714 | 342 | 372 |
| 20. Other diseases of the circulatory system | - | - | - | 2 | 23 | 74 | 99 | 58 | 41 |
| 21. Bronchitis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 76 | 154 | 242 | 157 | 85 |
| 22. Pneumonia | 25 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 104 | 178 | 99 | 79 |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | 1 | - | - | 1 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 17 | 6 |
| 24. Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | - | - | - | 4 | 18 | 19 | 41 | 30 | 11 |
| 25. Diarrhoea ( under 2 years of age) | 28 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 12 | 16 | |
| 26. Appendicitis | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 37 | 64 | 32 | 32 |
| 28. Nephritis | - | - | - | 7 | 16 | 22 | 45 | 24 | 21 |
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 30. Other maternal causes | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 31. Premature birth | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 20 | 12 |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease | 52 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 66 | 37 | 29 |
| 33. Suicide | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 34. Road Traffic accidents | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 35. Other violent causes | 14 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 49 | 70 | 206 | 98 | 108 |
| 36. All other causes | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 41 | 118 | 188 | 101 | 87 |