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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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The Area Comparability Factor for deaths this year varied from
0.94 to 1.06 and for births from 0.95 to 0.94.
BIRTH RATE— COMPARISON WTTH PREVIOUS YEARS
| 1943 | 19.0 | 1951 | 14.1 |
| 1944 | 11.9 | 1952 | 13.8 |
| 1945 | 18.4 | 1953 | 14.8 |
| 1946 | 21.3 | 1954 | 14.7 |
| 1947 | 20.7 | 1955 | 15.4 |
| 1948 | 17.2 | 1956 | 16.7 |
| 1949 | 16.0 | 1957 | 17.1 |
| 1950 | 13.6* | 1958 | 18.5 |
| * Area Comparability Factor returned. | |||
The A.C.F. might very generally be translated as one which being
applied to certain local figures makes them suitable for general comparisons.
GENERAL MORTALITY: MAIN CAUSES 1948-1958.
| Causes of Death | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 44 | 35 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Cancer | 139 | 180 | 155 | 183 | 184 | 211 | 234 | 210 | 253 | 248 | 236 |
| Infectious diseases | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cardio-vascular disease | 371 | 404 | 441 | 418 | 425 | 602 | 590 | 591 | 682 | 679 | 592 |
| Influenza | 1 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 30 | 31 | 20 | 30 | 49 | 52 | 41 | 49 | 53 | 65 | 58 |
| Bronchitis | 36 | 65 | 63 | 69 | 52 | 85 | 54 | 65 | 95 | 79 | 76 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
| Gastro intestinal diseases | 14 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| All other accidents | 14 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
| Suicide | 8 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
Cardio-vascular disease (592), Cancer (236), Bronchitis (76) and
Pneumonia (58) represent the main causes of death. Each has caused
fewer deaths than last year but a re-allocation of the St. George's Hospital
deaths may well be reflected in this picture.
Once again infectious disease failed to cause a single death, but
Tuberculosis caused nine deaths— the highest figure for the past four
years.
Cancer of the lung and bronchus was responsible for 49 deaths (47
male, 2 female) as against 54 (48 male and 6 female) last year.