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
Brent 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 1 CAUSES OF DEATH
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.l Cholera | — | — | — |
| B.2 Typhoid fever | — | — | — |
| B.3 Bacillary dysentery and amoebiasis | — | — | — |
| B.4 Enteritis and other diarrhoeal diseases | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| B.5 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| B.6 Other tuberculosis, incl. late effects | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| B.7 Plague | — | — | — |
| B.8 Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| B.9 Whooping cough | — | — | — |
| B.10 Streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever | — | — | — |
| B.ll Meningococcal infection | — | 1 | 1 |
| B.l2 Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — |
| B.l 3 Smallpox | — | — | — |
| B.14 Measles | — | — | — |
| B.15 Typhus and other rickettsioses | — | — | — |
| B.l 6 Malaria | — | — | — |
| B.l7 Syphilis and its sequelae | 2 | — | 2 |
| B.l8 Other infective and parasitic diseases | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| B.l9(1) Malignant neoplasm—stomach | 31 | 34 | 65 |
| B.l9(2) Malignant neoplasm—lung, bronchus | 148 | 31 | 179 |
| B.l9(3) Malignant neoplasm—breast | — | 51 | 51 |
| B.l9(4) Malignant neoplasm—uterus | — | 35 | 35 |
| B.l 9(5) Leukaemia | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| B.19(6) Other malignant neoplasms, etc. | 135 | 142 | 277 |
| B.20 Benign and unspecified neoplasms | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| B.21 Diabetes mellitus | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| B.22 Avitaminoses and other nutritional deficiency | — | — | — |
| B.46(l) Other endocrine, etc., diseases | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| B.23 Anaemias | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| B.46(2) Other diseases of blood, etc | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| B.46(3) Mental disorders | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| B.24 Meningitis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| B.46(4) Other dieases of nervous system, etc | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| B.25 Active rheumatic fever | — | 1 | 1 |
| B.26 Chronic Rheumatic heart disease | 20 | 26 | 46 |
| B.27 Hypertensive disease | 36 | 33 | 69 |
| B.28 Ischaemic heart disease | 397 | 259 | 656 |
| B.29 Other forms of heart disease | 56 | 101 | 157 |
| B.30 Cerebrovascular disease | 123 | 178 | 301 |
| B.46(5) Other diseases of the circulatory system | 59 | 80 | 139 |
| B.31 Influenza | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| B.32 Pneumonia | 95 | 128 | 223 |