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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
| 1941 | 1940 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified, | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | |
| Smallpox. | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever. | 117 | — | 96 | — |
| Diphtheria. | 37 | 3 | 73 | 5 |
| Erysipelas. | 20 | — | 35 | — |
| Pneumonia. | 124 | 41 | 200 | 57 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever. | 34 | 2 | 43 | 6 |
| Epidemic encephalitis. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis. | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Typhoid fever. | 2 | — | 4 | — |
| Paratyphoid fever. | 30 | — | ||
| Dysentery. | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis. | 172 | 78 | 141 | 59 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum, | 5 | — | 2 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia. | 22 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
| Measles. | 580 | — | 1,109 | 2 |
| Whooping cough. | 286 | 1 | 123 | 3 |
Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases.
| 1941. | 1940. | |
|---|---|---|
| German Measles. | 8 | 1,127 |
| Chicken pox. | 460 | 450 |
| Mumps. | 352 | 98 |
| Disinfection - no. of rooms disinfected. | 192 | 286 |
| Hospital Treatment of Infectious Diseases. Total cases treated in hospitals. | 370 | 453 |
| Diphtheria Immunisation. | ||
| No. of attendances at clinics. | 12,846 | 8,204 |
| No. given certificates after immunising. | 1,989 | 755 |
| No. submitted to primary Schick test. | 3,094 | 1,676 |
| - Sohick positive. | 2,916 | 1,534 |
| - Schick negative. | 178 | 142 |
| No, of cases of diphtheria in immunised persons. | 3 | 1 |
| No. of deaths from diphtheria in immunised persons. | — | — |
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