London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Causes of Death in your Area.
| Male | Female | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | — | — |
| 2. | Cerebro-spinal fever | — | — | — |
| 3. | Scarlet Fever | — | — | — |
| 4. | Whooping Cough | — | — | — |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6. | Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 7. | Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8. | Syphilitic disease | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9. | Influenza | 2 | — | 2 |
| 10. | Measles | 1 | — | 1 |
| 11. | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | — | — | — |
| 12. | Acute infectious encephalitis | — | — | — |
| 13. | Cancer of buccal cavity and eosophagus (M) Uterus (F) | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 15. | Cancer of breast | — | 9 | 9 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| 17. | Diabetes | — | 1 | 1 |
| 18. | Intra - cranial vascular lesions | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 19. | Heart disease | 33 | 45 | 78 |
| 20. | Other diseases of the circulatory system | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases | — | 1 | 1 |
| 24. | Ulceration of the stomach of duodenum | — | 1 | 1 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 26. | Appendicitis | — | 1 | 1 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 29. | Puerperal and postabortive sepsis | — | — | — |
| 30. | Other maternal causes | — | — | — |
| 31. | Premature birth | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 32. | Congenital malformations birth injury, infantile disease | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 33. | Suicide | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34. | Road traffic accidents | 6 | — | 6 |
| 35. | Other violent causes | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 36. | All other causes | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| 166 | 153 | 319 |