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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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The following table is a statement of the diseases from which these children suffered and the number excluded on account of these diseases
| DISEASES. | No. examined. | No. of times seen. | No. excluded. | No. excluded in which period of exclusion known definitely. | Total No. of attendances lost by cases excluded for known period. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitty and verminous conditions | 138 | 528 | 125 | 116 | 5650 |
| Skin Diseases | 160 | 342 | 117 | 75 | 6866 |
| Diseases of eyes, including defective vision | 106 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 546 |
| Diseases of nose, throat and ear | 107 | 129 | 25 | 9 | 178 |
| Diseases of the heart and circulation, rheumatism and St. Vitus' Dance | 24 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 502 |
| Diseases of the lungs, excluding phthisis | 35 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 286 |
| Tuberculosis | 16 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 1312 |
| Infectious diseases | 17 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| Defective and epileptic children | 33 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Diseases of the mouth | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 72 |
| Injury | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Diseases of the abdomen | 7 | 12 | |||
| Diseases of the nervous system | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 42 |
| Defects of speech | 7 | 7 | |||
| Diseases of urinary and generative systems | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dirty conditions of person | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 122 |
| Malnutrition | 14 | 14 | |||
| Other diseases | 13 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 226 |
| Nil | 68 | 68 | |||
| Total | 791 | 1349 | 378 | 252 | 15866 |