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
Stepney 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Apoplexy | 36 |
| Asphyxia caused by pressure of Cyst on Respiratory centre | 1 |
| Bright's Disease | 13 |
| Burns (adults) ..... | 9 |
| Cancer | 5 |
| Cretinism | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 |
| Diseases of the Bladder | 2 |
| Diseases of the Intestines | 7 |
| Diseases of the Lungs:- | |
| Bronchitis | 32 |
| Pneumonia | 31 |
| Phthisis | 21 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 5 |
| Diseases accelerated by self-neglect and want of proper nursing | 8 |
| Drowning | 20 |
| Elephantiasis | 1 |
| Epilepsy (chiefly accidents while in a fit) | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 2 |
| Exhaustion following Paralysis | 1 |
| Gastric Ulcer | 4 |
| Heart Disease | 84 |
| Influenza | 4 |
| Meningitis | 2 |
| Peritonitis | 2 |
| Pulmonary Thrombosis following Gangrene of Scrotum | 1 |
| Rupture of vein of leg and haemorrhage | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 |
| Senility | 2 |
| Septic Absorption | 2 |
| Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under the influence of an anaesthetic | 4 |
| Suffocation through swallowing a large piece of meat which impacted in the throat | 2 |