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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| 13. | Cancer, Malignant Disease | 35 | 41 |
| 14. | Diabetes | 2 | 2 |
| 15. | Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 6 | 11 |
| 16. | Heart Disease | 53 | 53 |
| 17. | Aneurysm | 1 | 1 |
| 18. | Other Circulatory Diseases | 9 | 15 |
| 19. | Bronchitis | 10 | 9 |
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | 18 | 13 |
| 21. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 1 | 1 |
| 22. | Peptic Ulcer | 7 | 1 |
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | 1 | 1 |
| 24. | Appendicitis | 3 | 2 |
| 25. | Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 1 |
| 26. | Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | — | 2 |
| 27. | Other Digestive Diseases | 4 | 13 |
| 28. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 13 | 14 |
| 29. | Puerperal Sepsis | — | — |
| 30. | Other Puerperal Causes | — | 1 |
| 31. | Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 10 | 6 |
| 32. | Senility | 7 | 19 |
| 33. | Suicide | 3 | 1 |
| 34. | Other Violence | 13 | 13 |
| 35. | Other Defined Diseases | 17 | 11 |
| 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,
has proceeded apace, and some 830 houses have been
completed in this area.
The building of a new junior mixed and infants school
nearby was commenced in December, and will be ready for
occupation in the Autumn of 1936.