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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Abdominal Trouble | 32 | Liver | 1 |
| Abscess | 6 | Loss of Memory | 14 |
| Accidents | 702 | Mastoid | 6 |
| Anaemia | 2 | Maternity | 103 |
| Appendicitis | 112 | Measles | 1 |
| Assault | 9 | Meningitis | 4 |
| Bladder | 6 | Mumps | 1 |
| Blood Pressure | 1 | Nephritis | 2 |
| Bowel Obstruction | 1 | Nervous Disorder | 3 |
| Brain Trouble | 3 | Neuritis | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 4 | Observation | 1 |
| Burns and Scalds | 8 | Obstruction | 2 |
| Cancer | 11 | Operation | 165 |
| Cellulitis | 1 | Orthopaedic Treatment | 5 |
| Chest Trouble | 2 | Paralysis | 1 |
| Choking | 1 | Pelvis, inflammation, etc. | 1 |
| Chorea | 3 | Peritonitis | 5 |
| Colic | 2 | Pleurisy | 11 |
| Collapse | 115 | Pneumonia | 59 |
| Concussion | 10 | Poisoning, Accident, etc. | 8 |
| Convulsions | 5 | Retention of Urine | 2 |
| Diabetes | 1 | Rheumatism | 11 |
| Diseased Foot | 1 | Rheumatic Fever | 16 |
| Dog- Bite | 2 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | 2 |
| Dropsy | 3 | Rib | 2 |
| Electrocution | 2 | Rupture | 2 |
| Empyema | 1 | Senile Decay | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | Septicaemia | 1 |
| Enteritis | 1 | Septic, Stomach, etc. | r» |
| Epilepsy | 13 | Shock | 13 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | Sickness and Diarrhoea | .1 |
| Eye | 3 | Sleepy Sickness | 2 |
| Fits | 104 | Spine | 2 |
| Gallstones | 2 | Stroke | 5 |
| Gastric, Ulcers, etc. | 22 | Suicide and Attempted Suicide | 25 |
| Haemorrhage | 28 | ||
| Head Trouble | 2 | Throat | 3 |
| Heart | 39 | Transference of Patients from one Hospital to another, and one address to another | 21 |
| Hernia | 10 | ||
| Hip | 2 | ||
| Hysteria | 2 | ||
| Illness in Street, etc. | 49 | Tuberculosis | 97 |
| Immersion | 1 | Ulcerated Stomach, etc. | 1 |
| Influenza | 2 | Unconscious | 8 |
| Internal Trouble | 60 | Varicose Veins | 2 |
| Jaundice | 1 | ||
| Kidnev Trouble | 7 | ||
| Leg Trouble | 16 | Total 2,017 | |