Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 8 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 9 | 4 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Rheumatic Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
Bronchitis | 19 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 3 | – |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Alcoholism | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cirrhosis of Liver | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | – |
Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
Suicides | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Old Age | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 12 | 5 |
Other Defined Diseases | 23 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 5 |
Diseases Ill-defined or Unknown | — | — | — | — | — | – | – | – | — | — | — |
All Causes | 104 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 86 | 23 |
District Total | 104 |