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
Sutton and Cheam 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| 1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | — | — | — |
| 2 Measles | — | — | — |
| 3 Scarlet fever | — | — | — |
| 4 Whooping cough ....... | 2 | 2 | |
| 5 Diphtheria | — | 1 | |
| 6 Influenza | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — | 1 |
| 8 Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| 10 Other tuberculous diseases .. | 2 | 6 | |
| 11 Syphilis | 4 | — | 4 |
| 12 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | _ | 1 | |
| 13 Cancer, malignant disease .. .. .. | 55 | 108 | |
| 14 Diabetes | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 Cerebral haemorrhage, <tc. .. | 12 | 25 | 37 |
| 16 Heart disease .. | 97 | 103 | 200 |
| 17 Aneurysm | 1 | 3 | |
| 18 Other circulatory diseases | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| 19 Bronchitis | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 20 Pneumonia (all forms) | 15 | 6 | 20 |
| 21 Other respiratory diseases .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 Peptic uloer | 5 | 8 | |
| 23 Diarrhcea, Ac. (under 2 years) | 2 | ||
| 24 Appendicitis .. | 4 | a | |
| 25 Cirrhosis of liver | 2 | ||
| 26 Other diseases of liver, &c. .. | 6 | ||
| 27 Other digestive diseases | 6 | 10 | |
| 28 Acute and chronic nephritii.. | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| — | |||
| 30 Other puerperal causes | — | a | |
| 31 Congenital debility, premature birth, mal | 23 | 48 | |
| 32 Senility.. | 8 | ||
| 33 Suicide.. | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 34 Other violence.. | 8 | 18 | |
| 35 Other defined diseases | 34 | 34 | 68 |
| 36 Cause ill-defined or unknown .. .. | _ | ||
| Special causes (included in No. 35 above):— | |||
| Small-pox | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | 1 | |
| 356 | 567 | 723 |