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
Bexley 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| 19. Bronchitis | 8 | |
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 20 | 11 |
| 21. Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 5 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 8 | 0 |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 1 | 3 |
| 24. Appendicitis | 1 | 1 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 0 |
| 26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | 2 | 0 |
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 10 | 4 |
| 28. Acute and chronic nephritis | 6 | 4 |
| 29. Puerperal sepsis | — | — |
| 30. Other puerperal causes | — | 1 |
| 31. Congenital debility, premature birth, malformation, etc. | 21 | 13 |
| 32. Senility | 4 | 3 |
| 33. Suicide | 4 | |
| 34 Other violence | 19 | 5 |
| 35. Other defined diseases | 34 | 17 |
| 36. Causes ill-defined or unknown | 0 | 1 |
Special causes (included in No. 35 above) : —
| Small-pox | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — |
| Poliocencephalitis | — | — |
The years 1940/45 appear under a combined table
under the new Registrar General's classification.
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