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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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call qualified medical assistance to all cases of inflammation of the eyes.
If the medical practitioner considers the case one of ophthalmia neonatorum,
he must notify to the Medical Officer of Health.
The following details in tabular form are required by the Ministry of Health of the cases notified in 1932 :—
| Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Treated. | |||||
| At home. | In hospital. | |||||
| 13 | 4 | 9 | 13 | — | — | — |
Cancer.—The following table shows an analysis of deaths from this
cause during 1932. 69 per cent, of the deaths occurred in persons usually
resident in houses occupied by the working classes.
Table XXVIII.
| Age periods: | 15 and 30. | 30 and 40. | 40 and 50. | 50 and 60. | 60 and over. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue | 5 | 5 M. | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0F. | — | — | — | ||||
| Mouth (Maxilla, Antrum, Jaw, Cheek and Neck) | 6 | 5M. | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| 1F | _—_ | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| Larynx | 5 | 5 M. | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0F. | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Oesophagus | 12 | 11 M. | — | — | — | 2 | 9 |
| 1 F. | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| Tonsils and Glands | 7 | 4 m. | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 F. | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Lungs | 7 | 3M. | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| 4 F. | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Liver | 19 | 0M. | — | — | — | 3 | 7 |
| 9 F. | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Stomach (Pancreas, Gall Bladder and Intestines) | 51 | 26 M. | — | — | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 25 F. | — | — | — | 3 | 22 | ||
| Heart | 3 | 1 M. | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 2 F. | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rectum | 19 | io m. | — | — | — | 1 | 9 |
| 9 F. | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Prostate | 5 | 5M. | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| 0F. | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 0 M | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Uterus (Ovaries, Vulva and Cervix) | 19 | 19 F. | — | — | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| 0 M. | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Breast | 18 | 18 f. | — | — | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 M | — | — | — | — | |||
| Bladder | 3 | 1 F. | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2 M. | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| Chest | 2 | 0 F. | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 M. | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
| General causes | 1 | 0F. | — | — | — | — | — |