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
Leyton 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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| Tuberculous Meningitis | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 149 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 69 | 72 | 172 | 33 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 13 | ... | 149 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Meningitis | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 135 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 22 | 38 | 64 | 86 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 10 | ... | 135 |
| Bronchitis | 112 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 28 | 73 | 113 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 6 | ... | 112 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 96 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 88 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 96 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 22 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 22 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 39 | 37 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | 39 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 |
| Alcoholism | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Nephritis & Bright's Disease | 36 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 7 | ... | 5 | 5 | ... | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ... | 36 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Other accidents & diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | l | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 74 | 73 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 74 |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 33 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| Suicide | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Other Defined Diseases | 271 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 89 | 109 | 295 | 72 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 271 |
| Diseases Ill-defined or Unknown | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Old Age | 100 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 100 | 225 | 43 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 100 |
| 1290 | 182 | 24 | 27 | 52 | 63 | 137 | 321 | 484 | 1368 | 304 | 89 | 178 | 106 | 98 | 184 | 150 | 105 | 155 | 129 | 87 | 9 | 1290 | |
| Sub-Entries included in above figures— | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |