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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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in this age group also represents 50.32 per cent, of the deaths from this cause at all
ages. Of the total of pulmonary tuberculosis deaths, 66.88 per cent, were males and
33.12 per cent, were females.
In the age group 45.65, 17.62 per cent, of all deaths were ascribed to heart
diseases; 30.60 per cent, to cancer of all types; 11.28 per cent, to bronchitis and
pneumonia.
60.37 per cent, of all deaths occurred in the age group 65 and upwards. The
principal causes were heart disease 28.60 per cent.; cancer of all types 18.09 per cent.;
and bronchitis and pneumonia 15.19 per cent.
Infectious Diseases.
Sickness and fatality rates due to the principal infectious diseases are considered
in more detail in Section B of this report.
SECTION B. PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths during the year 1948.
| Disease | Number of Notifications | Number of Deaths | Removed to Hospital | Number of Cases returned to Registrar General after correction of Diagnosis | Cases "coming to knowledge" but not Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 328 (350) | 1 | 109 | 326 | 26 |
| Diphtheria | 44 (72) | — | 44 | 7 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 3 (7) | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| T=1,PT = 2 | |||||
| Typhus Fever | — — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | †7 (6) | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | *59 *(42) | 1 | 54 | 61 | 8 |
| Ac. Primary & Influenzal Pneumonia | 68 (70) | 6 | 3 | 72 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 25 (18) | — | 19 | 25 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — (—) | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 14 (21) | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| Anthrax | — (—) | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 34 (11) | — | 26 | 27 | 1 |
| Malaria | 2 (1) | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 49 (54) | — | 17 | 47 | 7 |
| Measles | 1,993 (1,708) | 1 | 117 | 2,010 | 57 |
| Whooping Cough | 944 (734) | 5 | 122 | 953 | 62 |
| Ac. Poliomyelitis | 11 (29) | — | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| Ac. Polioencephalitis | - (6) | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 10 (7) | — | 4 | Not returnable during 1948 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis—Lungs | 485 (454) | 157 | — | Not returned | 74 |
| Tuberculosis—Other | |||||
| Forms | 52 (46) | 25 | — | do. | 13 |
| Scabies | 88 (279) | — | — | 90 | 426 |
(Figures in brackets are notifications for 1947)
* Including 2 Cases occurring in City of London Maternity Hospital, Liverpool Road.
Home addresses outside London Area,
† Puerperal Fever : L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1948, repealed Section 304 Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, requiring Puerperal Fever as distinct from Puerperal
Pyrexia to be notified (August, 1948).