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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Cause | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal fever | M | 20 | 9 | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3. Scarlet fever | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping-cough | M | 18 | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| F | 29 | 22 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 5. Diphtheria | M | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| F | 17 | - | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| 6. Tuberculosis—respiratory | M | 1,338 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 563 | 589 | 170 |
| F | 695 | - | 6 | 4 | 504 | 130 | 51 | |
| 7. Tuberculosis—other forms | M | 118 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 50 | 21 | 10 |
| F | 106 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 36 | 22 | 12 | |
| 8. Syphilitic disease | M | 216 | 4 | = | - | 16 | 105 | 91 |
| F | 114 | 4 | - | - | 13 | 49 | 48 | |
| 9. Influenza | M | 90 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 39 | 31 |
| F | 81 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 22 | 51 | |
| 10. Measles | M | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - |
| F | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | M | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | |
| 12. Acute infectious encephalitis | M | 11 | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| F | 16 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 4 | |
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| 13. Mouth and oesophagus | M | 314 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 84 | 223 |
| 14. Uterus | F | 326 | - | - | - | 24 | 177 | 125 |
| 15. Stomach and duodenum | M | 567 | - | - | - | 36 | 242 | 289 |
| F | 420 | - | - | - | 20 | 133 | 267 | |
| 16. Breast | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| F | 571 | - | - | - | 50 | 282 | 239 | |
| 17. All other sites | M | 2,314 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 137 | 1,021 | 1,146 |
| F | 1,536 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 101 | 570 | 856 | |
| 18. Diabetes | M | 65 | - | - | - | 4 | 17 | 44 |
| F | 156 | - | - | - | 11 | 43 | 102 | |
| 19. Intra-cranial vase, lesions | M | 1,266 | 2 | - | 1 | 17 | 344 | 902 |
| F | 1,667 | - | - | - | 23 | 409 | 1,235 | |
| 20. Heart disease | M | 4,542 | - | - | 5 | 148 | 1,086 | 3,303 |
| F | 4,902 | = | - | 5 | 171 | 656 | 4,070 | |
| 21. Other circulatory diseases | M | 732 | 1 | - | - | 17 | 181 | 533 |
| F | 701 | 1 | - | - | 19 | 164 | 517 | |
| 22. Bronchitis | M | 1,758 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 620 | 1,035 |
| F | 1,051 | 30 | 4 | - | 24 | 186 | 807 | |
| 23. Pneumonia | M | 1,030 | 173 | 32 | 7 | 61 | 274 | 483 |
| F | 817 | 118 | 18 | 4 | 42 | 142 | 493 | |
| 24. Other respiratory diseases | M | 228 | 4 | 2 | - | 27 | 107 | 88 |
| F | 140 | 3 | 3 | - | 24 | 52 | 58 | |
| 25. Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | M | 424 | 1 | - | - | 58 | 194 | 171 |
| F | 106 | - | - | - | 5 | 34 | 67 | |
| 26. Diarrhoea under 2 years | M | 188 | 181 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| F | 130 | 123 | 7 | - | - | - | - |