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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Abdominal Trouble | 27 | Lunatic | i |
| Abscess | 6 | Malaria | 1 |
| Accidents | 679 | Mastoid | 5 |
| Appendicitis | 84 | Maternity | 102 |
| Assault | 14 | Measles | 2 |
| Asthma | 1 | Meningitis | 2 |
| Bladder | 2 | Nephritis | 2 |
| Brain Trouble | 2 | Nervous Disorder | 6 |
| Bronchitis | 2 | Observation | 3 |
| Burns | 7 | Obstruction | 7 |
| Cancer | 8 | Operation | 76 |
| Celulitis | 4 | Orthopaedic Treatment | 1 |
| Chest Trouble | 5 | Paralysis | |
| Colic | 1 | Pelvic, Inflammation, etc. | |
| Collapse | 115 | Peritonitis | 2 |
| Coma | 1 | Phlebitis | 2 |
| Complications | 1 | Pleurisy | 5 |
| Concussion | 4 | Pneumonia | 33 |
| Congestion of Lungs | 2 | Poisoning, Accidental, etc. | 5 |
| Convulsions | 2 | Quinsy | 2 |
| Diabetes | 1 | Rheumatism | 11 |
| Diseased Foot | 1 | Rheumatic Fever | 6 |
| Dog Bite | 1 | Rib | 1 |
| Dropsy | 1 | Rupture | 4 |
| Ear Disease | 1 | Senile Decay | 2 |
| Empyema | 1 | Septicaemia | 1 |
| Enteritis | 1 | Septic, Stomach, etc. | 4 |
| Epilepsy | 1 | Shock | 5 |
| Examination | 2 | Sleepy Sickness | 3 |
| Eye | 1 | Spine | 23 |
| Fits | 65 | Stroke | 48 |
| Fluid on Lung | 1 | Suicide, and Attempted Suicide | 2 |
| Gallstones | 3 | ||
| Gastric, Ulcers, etc. | 13 | Synovitis | 1 |
| General Debility | 1 | Throat | 2 |
| Haemorrhage | 19 | Transference of Patients from one Hospital to another | 4 |
| Head Trouble | 1 | ||
| Heart | 70 | ||
| Hernia | 5 | Tuberculosis | 92 |
| Hip | 4 | Tumour | 1 |
| Hysteria | 6 | Ulcerated, Stomach, etc. | 1 |
| Illness in Street, etc. | 23 | Unconscious | 4 |
| Immersion | 1 | Uterine Fibroids | 1 |
| Internal Trouble | 49 | Varicose Veins | 3 |
| Jaundice | 1 | Wasting | 1 |
| Kidney Trouble | 7 | ||
| Leg Trouble | 1 | ||
| Loss of Memory | 7 | Total | 1740 |