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
West Ham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Diabetes | 1 | Maternity | 74 |
| Diseased Leg | 1 | Meningitis | 4 |
| Eclampsia | 1 | Miscellaneous (including operations) | 119 |
| Enteritis | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | 2 | Nephritis | 3 |
| Examination | 1 | Nervous Debility | 2 |
| Fall | 4 | Neurasthenia | 1 |
| Fits | 58 | Neuritis | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | Obstruction | 3 |
| Fractured Ribs | 8 | Operation | 21 |
| Fractured Thieh | 2 | Otitis | 1 |
| Fractured Ankle | 16 | Orchitis | 2 |
| Fractured Leg | 18 | Paralysis | 1 |
| Fractured Femur | 6 | Pelvis, Rroken | 2 |
| Fractured Tibia | 1 | Peritonitis | 1 |
| Gallstones | 5 | Pleurisy | 1 |
| Gangrene. Foot | 1 | Pneumonia, all forms | 47 |
| Gassed | 3 | Poisonincr. Septic, etc. | 2 |
| Gastric Trouble | 10 | Rheumatic Fever | 6 |
| Haemorrhage | 10 | Rheumatism | 3 |
| Head Trouble | 1 | Rupture | 1 |
| Heart | 26 | Ruptured Vein | 1 |
| Hernia | Salpingitis | 1 | |
| High Temnerature | 1 | Septicaemia | 4 |
| Wness in Street | 13 | Shingles | 1 |
| Injuries to Thisrh | 15 | Shock | 33 |
| Tniuries to Head | 90 | Sninal Trouble | 3 |
| Injuries to Arms | 13 | Spleen | 1 |
| Injuries to Face | 21 | Stroke | 5 |
| Injuries to Foot | 22 | Suicide and attempted Suicide | 24 |
| Injuries to Leg | 57 | ||
| Injuries to Collar Rone | 2 | Tonsils and Adenoids | 1 |
| Injuries to Knee | 8 | Tropical Trouble | 1 |
| Injuries to Shoulder | 12 | Tuberculosis | 84 |
| Injuries to Spine | 1 | Ulcer | 1 |
| Injuries to Rack | 8 | Varicose Tumour of Leg | 1 |
| Tniuries to Toes | 2 | Vertebrae, Displaced | 1 |
| Injuries to Throat | 1 | Whooping Cough | 1 |
| Injuries to Hand | 3 | X-Ray | 1 |
| Internal Growth | 1 | ||
| Tntermi Trouble | 28 | ||
| Intussusception | 1 | ||
| Taundice | 1 | ||
| Kidney Trouble | 8 | ||
| Loss of Memory | 1 | Total | 1212 |
| Malaria | 1 | ||
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