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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 27 | 36 |
| 14. Diabetes | 2 | 4 |
| 15. Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. | 12 | 24 |
| 16. Heart Disease | 62 | 79 |
| 17. Aneurysm | 1 | — |
| 18. Other Circulatory Diseases | 15 | 14 |
| 19. Bronchitis | 7 | 3 |
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | 17 | 16 |
| 21. Other Respiratory Diseases | — | 1 |
| 22. Peptic Ulcer | 3 | — |
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc. (under two years) | — | — |
| 24. Appendicitis | 2 | 1 |
| 25. Cirrhosis of Liver | 2 | 1 |
| 26. Other Diseases of Liver, etc. | 1 | — |
| 27. Other Digestive Diseases | 9 | 3 |
| 28. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 10 | 8 |
| 29. Puerperal Sepsis | — | 1 |
| 30. Other Puerperal Causes | — | — |
| 31. Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, Malformations, etc. | 8 | 10 |
| 32. Senility | 9 | 21 |
| 33. Suicide | 2 | — |
| 34. Other Violence | 11 | 9 |
| 35. Other Defined Diseases | 19 | 12 |
| 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 in the
Ham area was continued, also many blocks of flats are going
up.
The new Latchmere Road School was completed and
occupied in the Autumn.
There is comparatively little unemployment in the
Borough.