Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Total Deaths 233.
Male. | Female. | |
---|---|---|
All causes | 106 | 127 |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 |
Diphtheria | 0 | 0 |
Influenza | 3 | 7 |
Respiratory Tuberculosis | 8 | 5 |
Other Tuberculosis | 0 | 1 |
Syphilis | 0 | 1 |
General Paralysis of Insane | 0 | 1 |
Cancer | 10 | 16 |
Diabetes | 0 | 4 |
Cerebral Haemorrhage | 2 | 4 |
Heart Disease | 26 | 36 |
Other Circulatory Diseases | 2 | 3 |
Bronchitis | 4 | 6 |
Pneumonia | 11 | 5 |
Peptic Ulcer | 1 | 1 |
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 0 | 4 |
Appendicitis | 1 | 0 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 0 | 1 |
Other Liver Diseases | 0 | 0 |
Other Digestive Diseases | 3 | 0 |
Nephritis | 3 | 2 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 0 | 0 |
Other Puerperal causes | 0 | 1 |
Congenital causes | 8 | 8 |
Senility | 1 | 4 |
Suicide | 4 | 0 |
Other Violence | 6 | 4 |
Other Defined Causes | 11 | 10 |
Unknown | 0 | 0 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 1 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 0 | 0 |
Infectious Diseases.
The incidence of scarlet fever has been high compared
with other years, but not higher than that of neighbouring
Authorities. It was of a very mild type with few complications.
Disease. | Total Nos. notified. | Admitted to Hospital. | Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 142 | 132 | 0 |
Diphtheria | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 |