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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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GENERAL MORTALITY : MAIN CAUSES 1946-1954
| Causes of Death | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 51 | 38 | 44 | 35 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 11 |
| Cancer | 147 | 142 | 139 | 180 | 155 | 183 | 184 | 211 | 234 |
| Infectious diseases | 8 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Cardio-vascular disease | 316 | 344 | 371 | 404 | 441 | 418 | 425 | 602 | 590 |
| Influenza | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 39 | 48 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 30 | 49 | 52 | 41 |
| Bronchitis | 47 | 66 | 36 | 65 | 63 | 69 | 52 | 85 | 54 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Gastro intestinal diseases | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 13 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| All other accidents | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| Suicide | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
The features of the above statistics are :
The reduction in the Tuberculosis mortality from an average figure
of 39 for the first 5 years of the period to an average of 18 in the last 4;
the increase of Cancer from an average of 152 for the first 5 years to 203
in the last 4, and Cardio-vascular Disease from 375 to 508 in the like
periods.