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 1948
[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 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 3. | Scarlet fever | — | — | — |
| 4. | Whooping cough | — | — | — |
| 5. | Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| 6. | Tuberculosis of the respiratory system | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 7. | Other forms of tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8. | Syphilitic disease | — | 1 | 1 |
| 9. | Influenza | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10. | Measles | — | — | — |
| 11. | Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | 1 | 1 |
| 12. | Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - |
| 13. | Cancer of buccal cavity and eosophagus (M) Uterus (F) | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 15. | Cancer of breast | — | 4 | 4 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 18 | 10 | 28 |
| 17. | Diabetes | 1 | — | 1 |
| 18. | Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 19. | Heart disease | 33 | 50 | 83 |
| 20. | Other diseases of the circulatory system | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 24. | Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | 2 | - | 2 |
| 25. | Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | - | - | - |
| 26. | Appendicitis | 1 | — | 1 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 29. | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | — | — | — |