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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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| Disease | Total | Under 1 yr„ | 1 yrs | 2 yrs. | 3 yrs | 4 yrs | 5- 9 yrs. | 10- 14 yrs. | 15- 19 yrs | 20-34 yrs | 35-44 yrs | 45-64 yrs | 65 yr s. | Cases admitted to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snall pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 67 | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
| Diphtheri a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 53 | 7 | - | - | 68 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Meningoccal Infection | 1 | - | - | . - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 19 | 5 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| Measles | 244 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 36 | 113 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 11 |
| Whooping Cough | 96 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 40 | 6 | 1 | ' - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 51 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 62 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 4 | |
| Non-pulmonary | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |