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Infant Mortality rate per 1000 Births
1938
41.21
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1939
50.9
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1940
42.1
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1941
37.3
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1942
47.1
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Disease.
Total Cases notified.
Adm: to Hospital.
1941
1942
1941
1942.
Smallpox
—
-
-
-
Scarlet Fever
129
166
91
122
Diphtheria
26
23
25
18
Paratyphoid
2
2
1
-
Typhoid
1
-
-
-
Dysentery
1
4
—
—
Erysipelas
9
21
1
1
Pneumonia
55
75
-
1
Puerperal Pyrexia
8
5
-
-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
1
2
—
-
Tuberculosis Puly.
30
42
—
—
Tuberculosis Non.Puly
6
14
-
-
Poliomyelitis
1
a.
1
1
-
Malaria
1
1
-
—
Whooping Cough
505
91
-
—
Cerebro Spinal Fever
14
11
6
3
Measles
592
1005
8
7
Polio-Encephalitis
-
-
1
-
TOTALS
1382
1463
134
152
SCABIES.
Arrangements have been made with Mount Vernon Hospital
for the diagnosis and treatment of Scabies. Patients may
attend at 10 a.m. every Tuesday.
Water Supply
The whole of the district is supplied by the Colne Valley Water
Company, with the exception of the following:
Cottages in Field End Road, South Ruislip 4
Cottage, Rayson's Hill, Eastcote 1
Total. 5
In all cases where water mains have been damaged by enemy
action, water samples have been taken after the repair of main,
and forwarded to the Public Health Laboratory for analysis, and
in each case the final sample has been reported satisfactory.
Drainage & Sewerage.
The whole "of the soil sewers in the Council's area discharge
into the sewers of the West Middlesex Drainage Scheme.
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