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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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134
Pre-natal 8
Post-natal 7
Neurosis 8
Thrombosis 17
Lumbago 2
Prostatotomy 1
Emergency 11
Hernia 2
Anaemia 6
Hodgkinson's Disease 1
Injuries 23
Cancer 24
Tuberculosis 30
Blind and infirm 19
Ulcerated leg 9
Hypertension 20
Diabetes 7
Pneumonia 7
Disseminated sclerosis 3
Miscarriage 3
Oedema of legs 3
Parkinson's Disease 2
Rheumatism 17
Cholecystectomy 1
Amputation of leg 6
Gall stones 1
Tonsilitis 1
Paralysis 2
Neuritis 3
Phlebitis 2
Gross obesity 2
Epilepsy 1
Varicosity 5
Other 9
Displaced disc 4
Quinsey 1
Pleurisy 2
Rheumatoid arthritis 38
Haemiplegia 14
Myxoedema 1
Malnutrition 1
Influenza 2
Rheumatic fever 1