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
Hornchurch 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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| 5. | Whooping cough | 0 | 1 |
| 6. | Meningococcal infections | 1 | 0 |
| 7. | Acute poliomyelitis | 1 | 0 |
| 8. | Measles | 0 | 0 |
| 9. | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 0 | 0 |
| 10. | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 14 | 13 |
| 11. | ,, ,, lung, bronchus | 24 | 3 |
| 12. | ,, ,, breast | 0 | 18 |
| 13. | ,, ,, uterus | 0 | 5 |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 41 | 37 |
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukremis | 4 | 3 |
| 16. | Diabetes | 0 | 9 |
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 60 | 60 |
| 18. | Coronary disease, angina | 76 | 33 |
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | 15 | 19 |
| 20. | Other heart disease | 66 | 89 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 11 | 12 |
| 22. | Influenza | 2 | 1 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 12 | 8 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | 42 | 21 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 3 | 0 |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 11 | 1 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 3 | .5 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | 3 | 5 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 7 | 0 |
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 0 | 1 |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 3 | 5 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 41 | 49 |
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | 6 | 3 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 6 | 6 |
| 35. | Suicide | 6 | 4 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | 0 | 0 |
DEATH RATE—COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS
| 1939 | 7.8 | 1945 | 9.9 |
| 1940 | 9.4 | 1946 | 9.0 |
| 1941 | 9.6 | 1947 | 8.3 |
| 1942 | 7.9 | 1948 | 8.2 |
| 1943 | 8.9 | 1949 | 10.6 |
| 1944 | 9.2 | 1950 | 10.4 |