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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The table hereunder gives the number of cases of infectious diseases that were notified fron the several Institutions in the district during 1932:—
Enteric Fever. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Pneumonia (all forms) | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Cerebro Spinal Fever | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Tuberculosis. | Total. | |
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West Middlesex Hospital | 3 | 23 | 9 | 119 | 25 | 4 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 262 |
Hounslow Hospital | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 |
Hounslow Barracks | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Mogden Isolation Hospital | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Collingwood College | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
St. Mary's School | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Totals | 3 | 27 | 10 | 120 | 28 | 4 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 274 |
In addition to the above civil cases, one military case of Scarlet Fever and two of Cerebro-Spinal
Fever occurred in the Hounslow Barracks.
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