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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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The following table shows the infectious disease which occurred among children attending public elementary schools during 1934, and the four previous years.
| 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 210 | 186 | 105 | 106 | 77 |
| Diphtheria | 44 | 17 | 30 | 26 | 88 |
| Measles | 901 | 108 | 952 | 9 | 799 |
| German Measles | 66 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 38 |
| Mumps | 153 | 940 | 122 | 132 | 381 |
| Chicken-pox | 417 | 362 | 194 | 233 | 392 |
| Whooping Cough | 144 | 287 | 260 | 242 | 144 |
| 1935 | 1913 | 1688 | 753 | 1921 |
| SCHOOL. | SCARLET FEVER | DIPHTHERIA. | MEASLES | GERMAN MEASLES | MUMPS | CHICKEN POX | WHOOPING COUGH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Junior | 50 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| „ Infants | |||||||
| Berkeley Junior Mixed & Infants | 1 | - | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Brentford End Infants | 4 | 3 | 7 | - | 8 | 21 | 8 |
| Bulstrode Senior Boys | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| „ „ Girls | 11 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Chatsworth Infants | 11 | 6 | 131 | - | 1 | 4 | - |
| Cranford Junior Mixed & Infants | 4 | - | 17 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Grove Road Junior Mixed | 19 | - | 78 | 3 | - | 11 | 33 |
| „ „ Infants | |||||||
| Heston Senior Mixed | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| „ Junior Mixed | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | - |
| „ Infants | 3 | 2 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Hounslow Heath Senior Mixed | 3 | - | 3 | — | — | 2 | — |
| „ „ Junior Boys | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| „ „ Junior Girls | 4 | — | 10 | 8 | 2 | 30 | — |
| „ „ Infants | 18 | 10 | 89 | 33 | 1 | 168 | 35 |
| Hounslow R.C. Mixed & Infants | 4 | — | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Hounslow Town Junior Boys | 3 | — | 8 | — | — | 3 | — |
| „ „ Junior Girls & Infants | 4 | — | 57 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 5 |
| Isleworth Blue Boys | - | — | - | — | 1 | 3 | — |
| „ „ Girls & Infants | - | 4 | 8 | — | — | 4 | — |
| Isleworth Town Junior Mixed | 15 | 1 | 4 | — | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| „ „ Infants | 15 | 3 | 78 | 2 | 24 | 54 | 18 |
| Marlborough senior Mixed | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | 7 | — |
| St. Mary's Boys | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | 7 | 1 | — |
| „ Girls & Infants | 2 | 2 | 22 | — | 16 | 5 | — |
| Spring Grove Central | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| „ „ Junior Mixed & Infants | 4 | — | 48 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 |
| Woodlands St. John's Infants | 2 | 2 | 30 | — | 22 | 2 | 10 |
| Worple Road Junior Mixed | 1 | — | 12 | — | 3 | 2 | — |
| „ „ Infants | 2 | — | 90 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 |
| 210 | 44 | 901 | 66 | 153 | 417 | 144 |
The School Nurses continue to visit all cases of non-notifiable infectious disease, and, as
has been pointed out in previous years, this work takes up a considerable part of the nurses'
visiting time, and when the number of cases is large the other work suffers to some extent.
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