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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
Feltham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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CAUSES OP DEATH IN YOUR AREA, (continued)
| 1941 | 1942 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 26. Appendloitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 27. Other digestive diseases | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 28. Nephritis | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 30. Other maternal causes. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. Prematuro birth | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile diseas | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | |
| 33. Suicide | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 34. Road traffic accidents | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 35. Other violent oauses | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 36, All other causes | 7 | 17 | 17 | 35 | ||
| 325 | 354 | |||||
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS
| Dlseases | Total Nos. Notified, | 1941 | 1942 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admitted to hospital | Deaths | Total Nos. Notified | Admitted to hospital | Deaths. | ||
| 24 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
| Measles | 50 | 6 | 1 | 220 | 5 | |
| Whooping Cough | 48 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 5 | |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 6 | 17 | 2 | - | 31 |
| Soarlet Fever | 21 | 14 | 43 | 39 | ||
| Cereb.ro Spinal Fever | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorium | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Eryeipelas | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | |||
1941
| Age Periods | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Puerperal! Pyrexia | L Erysipelas | Pneumonia | Measles | Whooping Cough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1-2 years | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | |
| 2-3" | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 7 |
| 3-4 " | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4-5 " | - | - | 1 | 9 | |||
| 5 -10 " | 9 | 3 | - | - | 1 | ||
| 10 -15 " | 3 | 3 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 15 -20 " | •• | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | |
| 20 -35 " | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 35 -45 " | - | 1 | 2 | - | |||
| 45 -65 " | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Over 65 " | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Total | 24 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 48 |