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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
Uxbridge 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Uxbridge]
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Table of Infectious Diseases in each of the Parishes in the District.
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Puerperal Fever. | *Measles. | Tuberculosis of Lungs. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Cerebro-spinal Fever. | Acute Polio-Myelitis. | Enteric. | Pneumonia. | Dysentery. | Malaria. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowley | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | |
| Hillingdon | 17 | 5 | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | 18 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 3 | ... | |
| Harefleld | 33 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Ickenham | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Northolt | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | |
| West Drayton | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 54 | 16 | 8 | ... | ... | 4 | 25 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 13 | ... | 7 | 1 | |
Measles only notifiable from January 1st to March 31st, hence the four cases only refer to this period.
The figures for Hillingdon include the Uxbridge Poor Law Institution. Actually, Hillingdon figures were—
Erysipelas 1 Tuberculosis 4. Pneumonia 2