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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Males. | Females. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
1. Typhoid Fever, etc. | — | — | — |
2. Measles | — | — | — |
3. Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | 1 |
4. Whooping Cough | — | 1 | 1 |
5. Diphtheria | — | 2 | 2 |
6. Influenza | 8 | 14 | 22 |
7. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — |
8. Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — |
9. Respiratory Tuberculosis | 19 | 8 | 27 |
10. Other Tuberculosis | 4 | 1 | 5 |
11. Syphilis | — | — | — |
12. General paralysis of insane, etc. | 2 | — | 2 |
13. Cancer | 39 | 49 | 88 |
14. Diabetes | 3 | 8 | 11 |
15. Cerebral haemorrhage | 9 | 15 | 24 |
16. Heart disease | 81 | 89 | 170 |
17. Aneurysm | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18. Other circulatory diseases | 11 | 8 | 19 |
19. Bronchitis | 7 | 4 | 11 |
20. Pneumonia | 13 | 13 | 26 |
21. Other respiratory | — | 1 | 1 |
22. Peptic Ulcer | 5 | 5 | 10 |
23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) | 6 | 1 | 7 |
24. Appendicitis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
25. Cirrhosis of liver | — | 2 | 2 |
26. Other liver diseases | — | 1 | 1 |
27. Other digestive diseases | 7 | 8 | 15 |
28. Nephritis | 6 | 8 | 14 |
29. Puerperal sepsis | 1 | 1 | |
30. Other puerperal causes | — | 2 | 2 |
31. Congenital causes, etc. | 13 | 7 | 20 |
32. Senility | 7 | 11 | 18 |
33. Suicide | 5 | 3 | 8 |
34. Other violence | 10 | 14 | 24 |
35. Other defined causes | 31 | 36 | 67 |
36. Ill-defined causes | — | — | — |
Totals | 291 | 314 | 605 |