Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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London Hospital. One patient from another district was admitted
to a local Hospital and notified to me. The other three, who were
removed to the West Middlesex Hospital, were residents in this
district.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Fourteen cases were notified; 11 of these were notified from
the West Middlesex Hospital, including 9 who were not usually
resident in this district.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
There were no cases notified this year.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Five cases of this disease were notified. Four were notified
from the West Middlesex Hospital, but two of these were not from
this district.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
No cases were notified.
Pneumonia.
There were 148 cases notified.—108 notifications were from
the West Middlesex Hospital. Eighty were non-resident in this
district.
Malaria.
There was one case notified during the year, in the person
of the wife of a soldier who had previously resided abroad for
some years.
Non-Notifiable Diseases.
Information respecting non-notifiable infectious diseases is
usually gained through notifications by the Head Teachers and
School Attendance Officers. The undermentioned table sets forth
the numbers of such cases for the last five years:—