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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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| Diseases of the heart and circulation— Endocarditis | 14 |
| Paralysis | 5 |
| Rickets | 3 |
| Lateral Cuvatuve | 2 |
| Rupture | 2 |
| St. Vitus' Dance | 1 |
| Spinal Caries | 1 |
| Ganglion | 1 |
| Petit Mal | 1 |
| Total | 58 |
History of Infectious Illness amongst Scholars.
During medical inspection, the infectious disease history of each child was recorded if the parent attended. The following table gives the results:—
| No. of observations. | Boys entering 106. | Boys leaving 88. | Girls entering 86. | Girls leaving 124. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. who have had | Per cent, who have had | No. who have had | Per cent, who have had | No. who have had | Per cent, who have had | No. who have had | Per cent, who have had | |
| Measles | 70 | 66.0 | 80 | 90.9 | 50 | 58.1 | 111 | 89.5 |
| Whooping Cough | 63 | 59.4 | 53 | 60 2 | 47 | 54.6 | 63 | 50.8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1.9 | 10 | 11.4 | 4 | 4.6 | 10 | 81 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 0.9 | 4 | 4.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Chicken Pox | 42 | 39.6 | 32 | 36 3 | 23 | 26.7 | 52 | 41.9 |
| Mumps | 17 | 160 | 21 | 23.8 | 12 | 13.9 | 31 | 250 |
| German Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0.8 |
The figures above recorded are small, but the conclusion from
them is, as I pointed out last year, that the number of children
who have measles and whooping cough before they go to school