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 Westminster, City of]
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Causes of Death | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. |
---|---|---|---|
Pneumonia | 4 | 4 | — |
Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | — |
Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | — |
Congenital Malformations | 8 | 7 | 1 |
*Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 13 | 9 | 4 |
All other accidents (other than motor vehicles) | 3 | — | 3 |
31 | 23 | 8 |
* This is the Registrar-General's classification; but such conditions
as prematurity, birth injuries and other fatal conditions relating to the
process of birth are included under this heading.
Disease. | Original Notifications. | Removed to Hospital. | Re- diagnosed. | Corrected Notifications. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 5 | 5 | 5 | — |
Dysentery | 68 | 43 | 21 | 47 |
Erysipelas | 15 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
Food Poisoning | 40 | 8 | 2 | 38 |
Malaria (origin abroad) | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Measles | 786 | 88 | 5 | 781 |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Pneumonia— | ||||
Acute Primary | 11 | — | — | 11 |
Influenzal | 20 | — | — | 20 |
Poliomyelitis— | ||||
Paralytic | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
Non-Paralytic | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | 9 | — | 24 |
Scabies | 49 | — | — | 49 |
Scarlet Fever | 53 | 19 | 8 | 45 |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Whooping Cough | 241 | 40 | 8 | 233 |
No cases of the following diseases were notified during the year:
Anthrax; Cholera; Continued Fever; Encephalitis; Glanders; Hydrophobia;
Membranous Croup; Ophthalmia Neonatorum; Plague;
Relapsing Fever; Smallpox; Typhus Fever.
(6889) A 5