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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
Kingston upon Thames 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| 17. | Aneurysm | 1 | — |
| 18. | Other Circulatory Diseases | 6 | 4 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 9 | 8 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 16 | 8 |
| 21. | Other Respiratory Diseases | — | 2 |
| 22. | Peptic Ulcer | 4 | — |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | — | 2 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 5 | 1 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of Liver | — | — |
| 26. | Other Diseases of Liver, etc | — | 1 |
| 27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 6 | 7 |
| 28. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 11 | b |
| 29. | Puerperal Sepsis | — | — |
| 30. | Other* Puerperal Causes | — | 2 |
| 31. | Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 8 | 4 |
| 32. | Senility | 5 | 17 |
| 33. | Suicide | 2 | — |
| 34. | Other Violence | 10 | 6 |
| 35. | Other Defined Diseases | 17 | 16 |
| 36. | Causes Ill-defined or Unknown | — | — |
Special Causes (included in No. 35 above) :—
Smallpox
Poliomyelitis
Polioencephalitis
(iv) Natural and Social Conditions.
The erection of small private dwelling houses on the
portion of Ham added to the borough on April 1st, 1933,
is progressing rapidly, and the building of a new infants'
school nearby is under consideration.
During the year works were completed for the
Corporation Sewage Works to take the sewage from that
part of Ham. This sewage was previously received and
treated by the Richmond Main Sewerage Board.