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 Bromley]
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Male. | Female. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Typhoid Fever, etc. | — | — | — |
2. | Measles | 4 | 5 | 9 |
3. | Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4. | Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5. | Diphtheria | — | 3 | 3 |
6. | Influenza | 3 | 3 | 6 |
7. | Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — |
8. | Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — |
9. | Respiratory Tuberculosis | 17 | 13 | 30 |
10. | Other Tuberculosis | 4 | 6 | |
11. | Syphilis | — | — | — |
12. | General paralysis of insane, etc. | 1 | — | 1 |
13. | Cancer | 35 | 53 | 88 |
14. | Diabetes | 3 | 2 | 5 |
15. | Cerebral hæmorrhage | 11 | 19 | 30 |
16. | Heart disease | 70 | 101 | 171 |
17. | Aneurysm | 2 | — | 2 |
18. | Other circulatory diseases | 10 | 11 | 21 |
19. | Bronchitis | 9 | 9 | 18 |
20. | Pneumonia | 19 | 17 | 36 |
21. | Other respiratory | 3 | 2 | 5 |
22. | Peptic ulcer | 3 | — | 3 |
23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | — | 1 | 1 |
24. | Appendicitis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
25. | Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | — | 1 |
26. | Other liver diseases | 3 | 3 | 6 |
27. | Other digestive diseases | 6 | 5 | 11 |
28. | Nephritis | 4 | 9 | 13 |
29. | Puerperal sepsis | — | 1 | 1 |
30. | Other puerperal causes | — | 2 | 2 |
31. | Congenital causes, etc. | 10 | 6 | 16 |
32. | Senility | 6 | 5 | 11 |
33. | Suicide | 1 | 2 | 3 |
34. | Other violence | 12 | 6 | 18 |
35. | Other defined causes | 18 | 25 | 43 |
36. | Ill-defined causes | — | — | - |
Totals | 258 | 309 | 567 |