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
London County Council 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The above findings are summarised in the following table:—
| Evidence of activity. | Group "A." (27 cases.) | Group " B." (16 cases.) | Group " C." (33 cases.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erythrocyte sedimentation rate. | Over 50 in 26 cases. 40 in 1 case. | Between 18 and 55 in 14 cases. Over 100 in 2 cases. | Between 14 and 30. | |||
| Raised pulse rate— During day | 110-142 | 100-110 (in 2 cases over 120). | 90-100 | |||
| During sleep | 80-122 | 80-90 (in 2 cases over 100). | 70-90 | |||
| Raised temperature | In 20 cases. | Per-centage 74 | In 3 cases. | Percentage 19 | In 4 cases. | Percentage 12 |
| Cardiac change— Murmurs | In every case. | 100 | In 15 cases. | 94 | In 30 cases. | 91 |
| Enlargement | In 23 cases. | 85 | In 14 cases. | 87 | In 16 cases. | 48 |
| Pericarditis | In 5 cases. | 18 | In no case. | 0 | In no case. | 0 |
| Arthritis | In 12 cases. | 44 | In no case. | 0 | In no case. | 0 |
| Muscular pains | In 5 cases. | 18 | In no case. | 0 | In 1 case. | 3 |
| Active chorea | In no case. | 0 | In 1 case. | 6 | In 3 cases. | 9 |
| Rheumatic nodules | In no case. | 0 | In no case. | 0 | In no case. | 0 |
| Skin eruptions | In 1 case. | 4 | In no case. | 0 | In no case. | 0 |
| Loss of weight | Not estimated. | _ | 4 cases not weighed. | — | 10 cases lost weight. | 30 |
| 6 cases lost weight. | 50 | 20 cases failed to gain | 60 | |||
| 6 cases failed to gain weight. | 50 | weight. 3 cases gained weight. | 10 | |||
| 0 cases gained weight. | 0 | |||||