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
Wood Green 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table IV.
| 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 6 years. | and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 15 and under 56years. | 55 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | |
| Typhoid, etc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Influenza | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 24 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Syphilis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | —_ |
| General Paralysis of Insane | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 16 |
| Diabetes | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 |
| Heart Disease | 174 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 51 | 79 |
| Aneurysm | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 8 |
| Bronchitis | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 40 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2) | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Appendicitis | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Other Diseases of Liver | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Acute a d Chronic Nephritis | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Other Puerperal Causes | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Congenital Debility, etc. | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Senility | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 9 |
| Suicide | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Other Violence | 21 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | —_ | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 43 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| Causes ill-defined | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 593 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 45 | 100 | 146 | 195 |