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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
Heston and Isleworth 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| 194 0 | 1939 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Cases | |||
| Notified. | Deaths. | Not if led. | Deaths. | |
| Tuberculosis. | 141 | 59 | 125 | 69 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 2 | - | 4 | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia. | 42 | 2 | 61 | - |
| Measles. | 1,109 | 2 | 50 | - |
| Whooping cough. | 123 | 3 | 391 | 2 |
Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases.
| 1940. | 1939. | |
| German Measles . | 1,127 | 493 |
| Chicken pox. | 450 | 490 |
| Mumps. | 98 | 145 |
| Disinfection - no. of rooms disinfected. | 286 | 296 |
| Hospital Treatment of Infectious Diseases. Total cases treated in hospitals. | 453 | 410 |
| Diphtheria Immunisation. | ||
| No. of attendances at clinics. | 8 ,2 04 | 6,367 |
| No. given certificates after immunising. | 755 | 874 |
| No. submitted to primary Schick test. | 1,676 | 838 |
| - Schick positive. | 1,534 | 783 |
| - Schick negative. | 142 | 55 |
| No. of cases of diphtheria in immunised persons . | 1 | – |
| No. of deaths from diphtheria in immunised persons. | – | – |
TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATHS DURING
194 0.
| Causes of Death. | Civil Residents all ages. | |
|---|---|---|
| All causes | Male. 608 | Female. 592 |
| 1 Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | – | – |
| 2 Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 5 |
| 3 Scarlet Fever | - | |
| 4 Whooping cough | 2 | 1 |
| 5 Diphtheria | 4 | 1 |
| 6 Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 31 | 23 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | 2 |
| 8 Syphilitic diseases | 10 | – |
| 9 Inf1uenza | 10 | 6 |
| 10 Measles | 1 | 1 |
| 11 Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | – |
| 12 Acute infectious encephalitis | – | 2 |
| 13m Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus | 4 | |
| 13f Cancer of uterus | 12 | |
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