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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Male | Female | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 19 | 30 | 49 |
| 18. | Coronary disease, angina | 44 | 22 | 66 |
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 20. | Other heart disease | 16 | 25 | 41 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 22. | Influenza | — | 2 | 2 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 5 | — | 5 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | — | 1 | 1 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | — | 1 |
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | — | — | - |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| 33. | Motor vehicles, accidents | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 6 | 11 | |
| 35. | Suicide | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | — | — | — |
| 217 | 158 | 375 |
Notifiable Diseases other than Tuberculosis
| Disease | Corrected Notifications | Admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | |||
| Measles | 111 | 4 | — | |||
| Whooping Cough | 6 | — | — | |||
| Acute Primary or Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | _ | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 33 | 9 | — | |||
| Ac. Encephalitis | — | — | — | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | |||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | — | |||
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | |||
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | — | — | — | |||
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| Dysentery | 7 | 1 | — | |||
| Food Poisoning | 18 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | |||
| Age Periods | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Scarlet Fever | Measles | Whooping Cough | Acute Poliomyelitis | |
| Paralytic | non-Paralytic | |||||
| Under 1 year | -_ | -_ | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 1-2 years | - | 2 | 39 | — | — | — |
| 3-4 years | - | 5 | 24 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 5-9 years | - | 22 | 41 | 3 | — | — |
| 10-14 years | - | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 15-24 years | - | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 25 and over | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| Age unknown | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 33 | 111 | 6 | — | 1 | |