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
Tottenham 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Duration of Sickness Spells related to Disease
| Disease Group | Duration of Absence | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 2 dys | 3 dys | 4 dys | 5 dys | 6 dys | 1/2 wks | 2/3 wks | 3/4 wks | 4/8 wks | 8/12 wks | 12/16 wks | 16/20 wks | 20/24 wks | 24/52 wks | Over 1 yr | Spells | Working days | |
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | . | - | - | 1/(356) | 2 | 357 |
| Cancer | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 12 | 1447 |
| Psychoneuroses & psychoses | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | . | 1/(534) | 99 | 2782 |
| Heart disease | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1/(397) | 19 | 1176 |
| Hypertensive disease | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1/(361) | 18 | 1133 |
| Diseases of veins | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 537 |
| Common cold | 279 | 226 | 96 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 66 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 754 | 2501 |
| Acute pharyngitis & tonsillitis | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 117 | 956 |
| Influenza | 29 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 25 | 46 | 183 | 106 | 51 | 36 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 566 | 6709 |
| Bronchitis | 9 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 115 | 95 | 47 | 90 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 485 | 10544 |
| Pneumonia & other respiratory diseases | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | . | . | 81 | 1411 |
| Hernia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 516 |
| Diseases of Alimentary tract | 177 | 54 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 60 | 46 | 21 | 27 | 16 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 473 | 4568 |
| Boils, abscesses etc. | 8 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 115 | 1043 | ||
| Rheumatism & arthritis | 40 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 79 | 71 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 381 | 5371 |
| Diseases of bones | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 60 | 1552 |
| Accidents | 73 | 33 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 77 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 357 | 4811 |
| Uncertified & unspecified | 688 | 228 | 44 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 972 | 1386 |
| Other specified & ill-defined diseases | 459 | 125 | 55 | 22 | 31 | 33 | 114 | 68 | 31 | 49 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3/0243) | 1027 | 10483 |
| TOTAL | 1804 | 781 | 358 | 130 | 143 | 257 | 793 | 515 | 256 | 339 | 116 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 6/(2891) | 5583 | 59283 |