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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Typhoid Fever. The following table gives the number of cases of
Typhoid Fever notified and removed to Hospital each year since 1900 :
| Year. | No. of cases notified. | No. of cases removed to Hospital. | Percentage of cases removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 7 | 3 | 42.85 |
| 1901 | 11 | 6 | 54.54 |
| 1902 | 10 | 6 | 60.00 |
| 1903 | 9 | 3 | 33.33 |
| 1904 | 15 | 9 | 60.00 |
| 1905 | 8 | 2 | 25.00 |
| 1906 | 7 | 3 | 42.85 |
| 1907 | 6 | 2 | 33.33 |
| 1908 | 6 | 4 | 66.66 |
| 1909 | 8 | 1 | 12.50 |
| 1910 | 6 | 3 | 50.00 |
| 1911 | 20 | 8 | 40.00 |
| Total | 113 | 50 | 44.25 |
Eleven of the 20 cases notified occurred in Public Institutions
and three were wrongly diagnosed.
The remaining 6 cases occurred in one family, and all were of an
anomalous type, rendering diagnosis exceedingly difficult. Widal's
re-action in none of the cases submitted to the test gave a decided
positive re-action, and in the first case it was absent on the 9th
and 44th days of the disease. The following table shews the
classic signs and symptoms of Typhoid Fever, and indicates which
of them were present in these cases:—