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London County Council 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 38—District Nursing Associations—Completed Treatments—Year ended 31st December, 1949
| Diseases | Total cases | Males | Sub-total | Females | Sub-total All females | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-39 | 40-59 | 60+ | All males | 0-39 | 40-59 | 60+ | ||||||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | 1,823 | 4.8 | 607 | 1 .6 | 21 | — | 31 | 01 | 659 | 1.7 | 1,035 | 2.7 | 55 | 0.2 | 74 | 0.2 | 1,164 | 3.1 |
| Tuberculosis | 783 | 2.1 | 143 | 0.4 | 133 | 0.3 | 115 | 0.3 | 391 | 1.0 | 248 | 0.7 | 91 | 0.2 | 53 | 0.2 | 392 | 1.1 |
| Cancer (and other neoplasms) | 1,938 | 5.1 | 26 | 0.1 | 191 | 0.5 | 510 | 1.3 | 727 | 1.9 | 69 | 0.2 | 312 | 0.8 | 830 | 2.2 | 1,211 | 3.2 |
| Diabetes | 2,080 | 5.5 | 27 | 0.1 | 45 | 0.1 | 263 | 0.7 | 335 | 0.9 | 70 | 0.2 | 339 | 0.9 | 1,336 | 3.5 | 1,745 | 4.6 |
| Mental and nervous diseasesanddiseases of the sense organs | 2,061 | 5.4 | 642 | 1.7 | 93 | 0.2 | 141 | 0.4 | 876 | 2.3 | 627 | 1.7 | 213 | 0.5 | 345 | 0.9 | 1,185 | 3.1 |
| Heart and arteries | 3,171 | 8.4 | 39 | 0.1 | 156 | 0.4 | 927 | 2.5 | 1,122 | 3.0 | 121 | 0.3 | 325 | 0.9 | 1,603 | 4.2 | 2,049 | 5.4 |
| Cerebral lesions of vascular origin | 1,733 | 4. 6 | 10 | — | 46 | 0.1 | 487 | 1.3 | 543 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.1 | 119 | 0.3 | 1,042 | 2.8 | 1,190 | 3.2 |
| Veins and other circulatory | 546 | 1.4 | 12 | — | 28 | 0.1 | 60 | 0.2 | 100 | 0.3 | 55 | 0.1 | 111 | 0.3 | 280 | 0.7 | 446 | 1.1 |
| Respiratory system | 4,060 | 10.7 | 598 | 1.5 | 283 | 0.8 | 685 | 1.8 | 1,566 | 4.1 | 881 | 2.3 | 384 | 1.1 | 1,229 | 3.2 | 2,494 | 6.6 |
| Digestive system | 4,304 | 11.4 | 440 | 1.2 | 320 | 0.8 | 830 | 2.2 | 1,590 | 4.2 | 819 | 2.2 | 539 | 1 .4 | 1,356 | 3.6 | 2,714 | 7.2 |
| Genito-urinary system | 3,873 | 10.2 | 972 | 2.6 | 46 | 0.1 | 466 | 1.2 | 1,484 | 3.9 | 892 | 2.4 | 407 | 1.1 | 1,090 | 2.8 | 2,389 | 6.3 |
| Pregnancy | 1,053 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 993 | 2.6 | 60 | 0.2 | — | — | 1,053 | 2.8 |
| Skin | 3,108 | 8.2 | 539 | 1.4 | 213 | 0.6 | 375 | 10 | 1,127 | 3.0 | 622 | 1. 6 | 424 | 1.1 | 935 | 2.5 | 1,981 | 5.2 |
| Bones and organs of movement | 1,127 | 3.0 | 33 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 100 | 0.2 | 165 | 0.4 | 71 | 0.2 | 189 | 0.5 | 702 | 1.9 | 962 | 2.6 |
| Injury | 1,054 | 2.8 | 131 | 0.3 | 42 | 0.2 | 118 | 0.3 | 291 | 0.8 | 134 | 0.4 | 104 | 0.2 | 525 | 1.4 | 763 | 2.0 |
| Other diseases or ill. defined | 5,141 | 13.6 | 568 | 1. 5 | 253 | 0.7 | 827 | 2.2 | 1,648 | 4.4 | 736 | 1.9 | 557 | 1.5 | 2,200 | 5.8 | 3,493 | 9.2 |
| Total completed treatments | 37,855 | 100 0 | 4,787 | 12.6 | 1,902 | 5.0 | 5,935 | 15.7 | 12,624 | 33.3 | 7,402 | 19.6 | 4,229 | 11.2 | 13,600 | 35.9 | 25,231 | 66.7 |
N.B.—All percentages are of the total cases—37,855.
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