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
City of Westminster 1913
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| Other forms of tuberculosis | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | o | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||
| Malignant growths | 229 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 34 | 110 | 81 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 75 | 11 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Premature birth | 57 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Developmental diseases | 46 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | _ | — | — | 5 | _ | |||||
| Old age | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 131 | — | 3 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| Meningitis and convulsions | 10 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | _ | — | 1 | __ | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Loc. Ataxia and general paralysis | 23 | _ | — | — | — | — | 12 | 11 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Other diseases of nervous system | 49 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 12 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Valvular diseases of heart | 74 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 12 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Other circulatory diseases | 256 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 22 | 85 | 143 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 81 | 14 | 50 | 1G | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
| Bronchitis | 164 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 32 | 111 | _ | 5 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 8 | 43 | 6 | 8 | _ | 13 | 7 | 5 | |
| Bronclio-pneumonia | 68 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 2 | _ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia, other forms | 101 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 29 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | __ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alcoholism | 21 | — | — | _ | _ | 1 | 5 | 11 | 4 | — | _ | 1 | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 31 | — | — | — | _ | — | 1 | 25 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | _ | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Appendicitis and typhlitis | 12 | — | — | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Other digestive diseases | 50 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 20 | 16 | — | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bright's disease, &c. | 92 | 1 | — | _ | — | 1 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Generative system diseases | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | _ | 2 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Accidents and diseases of parturition | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Deaths by accident or negligence | 74 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 2 | 1 |
| Deaths by suicide and murder | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | ||||
| Other defined diseases | 43 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Diseases, ill defined or unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| All causes | 2,030 | 213 | 46 | 36 | 41 | 68 | 328 | 609 | 689 | 29 | 105 | 61 | 122 | 574 | 128 | 482 | 115 | 67 | 29 | 88 | 36 | 119 | 75 |
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