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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Year | Smallpox | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Erysipelas | Pneumonia | Meningococcal Infection | Epidemic Encephalitis | Foliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | *Typhoid Fever | Paratyphoid Fever | Dysentery | Measles | Whooping Cough | Influenza | Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| 1936 | - | _ | 224 | - | 21 | 2 | 51 | - | 70 | 43 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | i | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | Not Notifiable | 8 | ||
| 1937 | - | - | 242 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 45 | - | 124 | 41 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 38 | 102 | 53 | |
| 1938 | - | — | 314 | - | 40 | 43 | - | 159 | 36 | 8 | R | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 113 | 58 | |||
| 1939 | - | - | 175 | - | 51 | 5 | 23 | - | 142 | 35 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 132 | 69 | ||
| 1940 | - | - | 96 | - | 73 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 200 | 57 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1109 | 2 | 123 | 3 | 130 | 59 | ||||
| 1941 | - | — | 117 | - | 37 | 3 | - | 124 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - | 2 | 580 | - | 1 | 9 | 174 | 78 | ||||
| 1942 | - | - | 190 | - | 1 | 16 | - | 72 | 67 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1085 | 2 | 243 | 4 | 3 | 202 | 70 | |||
| 1943 | - | - | 280 | - | 5 | - | 21 | - | 116 | 63 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 636 | 1 | 134 | 190 | 49 | |||
| 1944 | - | - | 130 | - | 1 | 16 | - | 50 | 59 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | 219 | - | 171 | 3 | 5 | 184 | 44 | |||
| 1945 | — | - | 124 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 37 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1107 | 1 | - | 3 | 157 | 52 | ||||||||
| 1946 | - | - | 67 | - | 1 | 19 | 1 | 47 | 53 | 13 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 170 | - | 170 | - | 16 | 217 | 56 | ||
| 1947 | - | - | 62 | - | 3 | - | 19 | - | 56 | 40 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 43 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 840 | 2 | 142 | 2 | 8 | 52 | ||
| 1948 | - | - | 159 | - | 2 | - | 21 | - | 41 | 42 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 29 | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | - | 571 | — | 227 | - | 5 | 43 | |||
| 1949 | - | - | 138 | - | - | - | 26 | - | 52 | 53 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 523 | - | 173 | - | 6 | 219 | 36 | |
| 1950 | — | - | 92 | - | 1 | 12 | - | 64 | 30 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | 881 | - | - | 6 | 37 | |||||
| 1951 | - | 67 | - | — | - | - | 59 | 38 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 77 | - | 790 | 1 | 220 | - | 33 | 185 | 27 | |||
| 1952 | - | - | 161 | - | - | - | 19 | 1 | 58 | 51 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 1027 | - | 86 | - | 168 | 19 | |||
| 1953 | - | — | — | - | - | - | 78 | 48 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | 291 | - | 141 | ||||||||
| 1954 | _ | - | 71 | - | - | - | 17 | - | 34 | 31 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | - | 38 | - | 35 | - | 2 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1955 | - | - | 74 | - | - | - | 17 | - | 50 | 46 | — | - | 1 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 131 | — | 1568 | - | 177 | - | 4 | 67 | 14 | |
* Includes para typhoid fever to 1939.
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