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
Shoreditch 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| Diseases. | Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 3,625 | 37 Atelectasis | ... |
| 38 Congenital malformations | |||
| 39 Old age | 296 | ||
| 1 Small-pox | ... | 40 Apoplexy | |
| 2 Measles | 97 | 41 Epilepsy | 62 |
| 3 Scarlet Fever | 9 | 42 Convulsions | 3 |
| 4 Typhus | ... | ||
| 43 Other diseases of brain and nervous system | 216 | ||
| 5 Relapsing fever | ... | ||
| 6 Influenza | |||
| 7 Whooping Cough | 39 | 44 Diseases of organs of special sense | 35 |
| 8 Diphtheria | 45 Diseases of circulatory system | ||
| 9 Simple, continued and ill-defined fever | 46 Laryngitis | 4 | |
| 10 Enteric fever | ... | 47 Bronchitis | 1,003 |
| 11 Simple cholera | ... | ||
| 48 Pneumonia | 64 | ||
| 12 Diarrhoea, dysentery | 31 | ||
| 49 Pleurisy | 11 | ||
| 13 Remittent fever | ... | ||
| 50 Other respiratory diseases | 22 | ||
| 14 Hydrophobia | ... | ||
| 51 Dentition | 17 | ||
| 15 Glanders | ... | ||
| 16 Cow pox and Effects of vaccination | ... | ||
| 52 Quinsy, sore throat | 15 | ||
| 53 Enteritis | 36 | ||
| 17 Venereal affections | 26 | ||
| 54 Peritonitis | ... | ||
| 18 Erysipelas | 16 | ||
| 55 Diseases of liver | 15 | ||
| 19 PyaBmia and septicaemia | 9 | ||
| 56 Other diseases of digestive system | 233 | ||
| 20 Puerperal fever | ... | ||
| 21 Tabes mesenterica | 1 | ||
| 57 Diseases of lymphatic system and ductless glands | 6 | ||
| 22 Tuberculous meningitis | ... | ||
| 23 Phthisis | 140 | ||
| 24 Scrofula, tuberculosis | 35 | ||
| 58 Diseases of urinary system | 45 | ||
| 25 Other zymotic diseases | 25 | ||
| 59 Diseases of the generative system | 28 | ||
| 26 Thrush | ... | ||
| 27 Worms and other parasitic diseases | 2 | 60 Accidents of childbirth | 10 |
| 61 Diseases of locomotive system | 113 | ||
| 28 Starvation, want of breast-milk | ... | ||
| 62 Diseases of integumentary system | 124 | ||
| 29 Alcoholism | 15 | ||
| 63 Fracture and contusion | 31 | ||
| 30 Rheumatic fever and rheumatism of heart | 21 | ||
| 64 Gun shot wounds | |||
| 65 Cut, stab | ... | ||
| 31 Rheumatism | 215 | ||
| 66 Burns or scalds | 4 | ||
| 32 Gout | 37 | ||
| 67 Poison | ... | ||
| 33 Rickets | 2 | ||
| 68 Drowning | ... | ||
| 34 Cancer | 18 | ||
| 69 Suffocation | ... | ||
| 35 Other constitutional diseases | 32 | ||
| 70 Otherwise | 46 | ||
| 36 Premature birth | 1 | 71 Other causes | 222 |