London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
Deaths from Cancer by Sex and Age.
| Year | Sex | Under 25 years | 25 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 to 75 years | 75 years and upwards | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Male | 1 | 9 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 87 |
| Female | — | 8 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 77 | |
| Total | 1 | 17 | 82 | 37 | 27 | 164 | |
| 1926 | Male | 1 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 74 |
| Female | 1 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 85 | |
| Total | 2 | 9 | 72 | 51 | 25 | 159 | |
| 1927 | Male | — | 2 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 92 |
| Female | 1 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 78 | |
| Total | 1 | 7 | 77 | 58 | 27 | 170 | |
| 1928 | Male | - | 7 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 76 |
| Female | — | 11 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 76 | |
| Total | — | 18 | 60 | 46 | 28 | 152 | |
| 1929 | Male | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 72 |
| Female | 1 | 8 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 78 | |
| Total | 4 | 15 | 80 | 36 | 15 | 150 | |
| 1930 | Male | 1 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 79 |
| Female | 1 | 13 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 77 | |
| Total | 2 | 16 | 66 | 40 | 32 | 156 | |
| 1931 | Male | 1 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 87 |
| Female | — | 8 | 43 | 22 | 14 | 87 | |
| Total | 1 | 12 | 90 | 46 | 25 | 174 |
Diabetes.
To meet the difficulty that some uninsured persons might experience
in obtaining supplies of Insulin, the Borough Council decided to make
such provision for necessitous persons. In one instance a supply was
granted during the year under report.
Infective Jaundice.
No case of this disease was reported to me.