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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Drains Tested.
| Cause of Tests. | Number. | No. of houses involved. | No. of cases in which defects were not found. | No. of cases in which defects were found. | Nature of Defects. | No. re-tested during and after repairs. | No of cases in which defects were found at origin of test. | Remarks. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Complaint | 12 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 11 | A number of retests mentioned in column 7 are due to tests that took place in 1907, and are made up as follows | ||
| 15 | 1 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 62 | 4 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 324 | 25 | |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 70 | 13 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 186 | 21 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | Complaints 6 |
| Scarlet Fever 75 | |||||||||
| New Buildings | ... | 150 | 92 | 58 | 20 | 38 | 124 | ... | Diphtheria 79 |
| Other causes | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | New Buildings 16 |
| 176 | |||||||||
| Total | 76 | 305 | 113 | 192 | 139 | 53 | 666 | 60 | |