Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON
Interim Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1942.
population: The estimated civilian population for 1942, furnished by the Registrar-General, shows an increase over that for 1941, but the figures are not available for publication. Live Births 1,3971 Stillbirths 47; Deaths 1,268. Maternal Deaths 4; Infant Deaths 78; Maternal Mortality Rate 2.77; Infant Mortality Rate 56.
CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS | All Ages | Under 1 year of age | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | TOTAL | M | F | TOTAL | |
ALL CAUSES | 608 | 660 | 1268 | 47 | 31 | 78 |
Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping cough | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Diphtheria | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 41 | 29 | 70 | - | - | - |
Other tuberculous diseases | 4 | 13 | 17 | - | 1 | 1 |
Syphilitic diseases | 10 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - |
Influenza | 5 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - |
Measles | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | |
Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males) | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - |
Cancer of uterus | - | 19 | 19 | - | - | - |
Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 14 | 15 | 29 | - | - | - |
Cancer of breast | 1 | 28 | 29 | - | - | - |
Cancer of all other sites | 65 | 65 | 130 | - | - | - |
Diabetes | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - |
Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 35 | 62 | 97 | 1 | 1 | |
Heart disease | 132 | 156 | 288 | 1 | - | 1 |
Other circulatory diseases | 30 | 24 | 54 | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | 4.1 | 46 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Pneumonia | 40 | 34 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Other respiratory diseases | 6 | 5 | 11 | - | - | - |
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 10 | 3 | 13 | - | - | - |
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Appendicitis | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - |
Other digestive diseases | 9 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Nephritis | 6 | 9 | 15 | - | - | - |
Puerperal sepsis | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
Other maternal causes | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Premature birth | 12 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile disease | 20 | 9 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
Suicide | 14 | 4 | 18 | - | - | - |
Road traffic accidents | 8 | 4 | 12 | - | - | - |
Other violent causes | 26 | 25 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
All other causes | 55 | 55 | 110 | — | — | — |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES | Total Cases Notified | Cases Admitted to Hospitals | Total Deaths | |||
Acute Encephalitis lethargica | — | - | — | |||
" Influenzal pneumonia | 11 | - | - | |||
" Primary pneumonia | 96 | 75 | 8 | |||
" Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | |||
" Polio-myelitis | 1 | 1 | - | |||
" Rheumatism | 2 | 1 | - |