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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasma | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| 15. | Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 1 | — | 1 |
| 16. | Diabetes | 2 | — | 2 |
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | 12 | 31 | 43 |
| 18. | Coronary disease, angina | 48 | 32 | 80 |
| 19. | Hypertension with heart disease | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 20. | Other heart disease | 16 | 30 | 46 |
| 21. | Other circulatory disease | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| 22. | Influenza | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 26. | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | — | — | — |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | — | 2 | 2 |
| 28. | Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 29. | Hyperplasia of prostate | 1 | — | 1 |
| 30. | Pregnancy, childbirth and abortion | _ | 1 | 1 |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 33. | Motor vehicles, accidents | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 34. | All other accidents | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 35. | Suicide | — | 2 | 2 |
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | — | — | — |
| 195 | 192 | 387 |
Table II Notifiable Diseases other than Tuberculosis
| Corrected Admitted to | Total Death | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Disease | Notifications | Hospital | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| Measles | 782 | 16 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 2 | — |
| Acute Primary or Influenzal | |||
| Pneumonia | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 1 | — |
| Ac. Encephalitis | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 1 | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) . | — | — | — |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — |