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
Willesden 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Pellagra | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Osteomalacia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diseases of the pituitary gland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Diseases of the Thymus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Diseases of the adrenals | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Other general diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hæmorrhagic conditions | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Anaemia Chlorosis | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | – | – | 9 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Diseases of the Spleen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other diseases of the blood and blood forming organs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Alcoholism (acute or chronic) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Chronic poisoning by other organic substances | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chronic poisoning by mineral substances | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Encephalitis | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Tabes Dorsalis (Locomotor ataxy) | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Other diseases of the spinal cord | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, Apoplexy, etc. | 107 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 34 | 3 | 76 |
| General Paralysis of the Insane | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Other forms of insanity | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Infantile convulsions (under 5 years of age) | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other diseases of the nervous system | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 5 | 8 | 4 | – | 9 |
| Diseases of the eye and annexa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diseases of the ear and of the mastoid sinus | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Pericarditis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Acute endocarditis | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Chronic endocarditis, Valvular disease | 64 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| Diseases of the Myocardium | 257 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 8 | 52 | 78 | 86 | 28 | 78 |
| Diseases of the coronary arteries, Angina pectoris | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Other diseases of the heart | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 34 |