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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Diseases accelerated by self-neglect and want of proper nursing | 1 |
| Diseases of Liver | 1 |
| Drowning | 24 |
| Epilepsy | 5 |
| Gastric Ulcer | 4 |
| General Paralysis of the Insane | 1 |
| Haemorrhage | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 84 |
| Intestinal Obstruction | 1 |
| Meningitis | 2 |
| Murder | 3 |
| Osteo-myelitis | 1 |
| Post Partum Hæmorrhage | 1 |
| Ptomaine Poisoning | 1 |
| Rupture of extra-uterine gestation | 1 |
| Rupture of varicose vein in leg | 1 |
| Senility | 1 |
| Septicaemia | 2 |
| Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under the influence of an anaesthetic | 8 |
| Strangulated Hernia | 1 |
| Suicide | 30 |
| Syphilis | 3 |
| Affecting Children (under five years of age) :— | |
| Accidents | 13 |
| Accidents and Inattention at Birth | 6 |
| Atelectasis | 6 |
| Bronchitis | 2 |
| Burns and Scalds | 13 |
| Circumcision | 1 |
| Congenital deformity | 1 |
| Convulsions | 40 |
| Diarrhœa | 20 |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 5 |
| Inanition | 1 |
| Marasmus | 4 |
| Measles | 1 |
| Murder | 1 |
| Overlying and suffocation in bed with the parents | 27 |
| Pneumonia | 35 |