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
Dagenham 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 year M F | 1 and under 2 years. M F | 2 and under 5 years. M F | 5 and under 15 years. M F | 15 and under 25 years. M F | 25 and under 35 years. M F | 35 and under 45 years. M F | 45 and under 55 years. M F | 55 and under 65 years. M F | 65 and under 75 years. M F | 75 and over. M F | TOTAL. M F | Registrar-General's Allocations. M F | |||||||||||||
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| 1. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 9. Influenza | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||
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| 13.f. Cancer of Uterus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 14. Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | 14 | ||||||
| 15. Cancer of Breast | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | |||
| 16. Cancer of all other sites | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 31 | 42 | 27 | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | I | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | |||||||
| 19- Heart Disease | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 78 | ||||||
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| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 7 | — | 5 | 11 | 43 | 14 | |||||
| 13 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 47 | ||||||
| 23. Other Respiratory Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 24- Ulceration of the Stomach or Duodenum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||||
| 26. Appendicitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 11 | ||||||
| 29. Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 30. Other Maternal Causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 31. Premature Birth | 11 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 13 | 11 | |
| 32. Congenital malformation, birth injury, and infantile disease | 11 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| 33. Suicide | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | . — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | |||
| 34. Road Traffic Accidents | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 35. Other Violent Causes | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 36 All Other Causes | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 | |||||
| 396 | 332 | 398 | 332 | |||||||||||||||||||||||