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 1972
[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 | 4 | |
| B.5 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 3 | 4 | |
| b.6(1) | Late effects of respiratory T.B | — | ||
| B.6(2) | Other tuberculosis | 2 | ||
| B.7 | Plague | — | — | — |
| B.8 | Diphtheria | — | — | — |
| B.9 | Whooping cough | — | — | — |
| B.10 | Streptococcal sore throat and scarlet fever | — | — | — |
| B.11 | Meningococcal infection | — | — | — |
| B.12 | Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | — |
| B.13 | Smallpox | — | — | — |
| B.14 | Measles | — | — | — |
| B.15 | Typhus and other rickettsioses | — | — | — |
| B.16 | Malaria | — | — | — |
| B.17 | Syphilis and its sequelae | 2 | — | 2 |
| B.18 | Other infective and parasitic diseases | 3 | 4 | |
| B.19(l) | Malignant neoplasm, buccal cavity, etc | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| B.l9(2) | Malignant neoplasm, oesophagus | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| B.19(3) | Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 37 | 29 | 66 |
| B.l9(4) | Malignant neoplasm, intestine | 36 | 38 | 74 |
| B.19(5) | Malignant neoplasm, larynx | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| B.19(6) | Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 142 | 40 | 182 |
| B.19(7) | Malignant neoplasm, breast | — | 60 | 60 |
| B.19(8) | Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — | 18 | 18 |
| B.l 9(9) | Malignant neoplasm, prostate | 17 | — | 17 |
| B.19(10) | Leukaemia | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| B.19(11) | Other malignant neoplasms | 87 | 88 | 175 |
| B.20 | Benign and unspecified neoplasms | — | 2 | 2 |
| B.21 | Diabetes mellitus | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| B.22 | Avitaminoses and other nutritional deficiency | — | 1 | 1 |
| B.46(l) | Other endocrine, etc., diseases | 3 | 4 | |
| B.23 | Anaemias | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| B.46(2) | Other diseases of blood, etc | — | ||
| B.46(3) | Mental disorders | 11 | 12 | |
| B.24 | Meningitis | — | 5 | 5 |
| B.46(4) | Multiple Sclerosis | 2 | 3 | |
| B.46(5) | Other diseases of nervous system, etc | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| B.25 | Active rheumatic fever | — | — | — |
| B.26 | Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| B.27 | Hypertensive disease | 23 | 25 | 48 |