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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Under 1 | 1-4 | 5- 14 | 15- 24 | 25 44 | 45 64 | 65 74 | 75- over | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Tuberculosis, other | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Syphilitic disease | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other infective and parasitic di seases | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Cancer | stomach | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| lung | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 44 | |
| breast | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| uterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| other | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 71 | |
| leukoemia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 19 | 27 | 55 | |
| Cornary disease, angina | - | - | - | - | 3 | 56 | 44 | 27 | 130 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
| Other heart disease | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 61 | |
| Other circulatory disease | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 | |
| Influenia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 4 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 6 | 10 | 30 | |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 17 | 18 | 49 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Ulcer of stomach & duodenum | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis, etc. | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | - | - | -- | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Prostatic enlargement | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Pregnancy, childbirth,., abortion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Other diseases | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 21 | 50 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 12 | |
| All other accidents | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| Suicide | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | 1 | 9 | |
| Homicide and war operations | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 213 | 173 | 211 | 640 | |
| Percentage of Total: | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 33.2 | 27.1 | 33.0 | ||