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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 1935
[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 1935 and the five previous years.
| 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 124 | 210 | 186 | 105 | 106 | 77 |
| Diphtheria | 37 | 44 | 17 | 30 | 26 | 88 |
| Measles | 10 | 901 | 108 | 952 | 9 | 799 |
| German Measles | 6 | 66 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 38 |
| Mumps | 113 | 153 | 940 | 122 | 132 | 381 |
| Chicken-pox | 537 | 417 | 362 | 194 | 233 | 392 |
| Whooping Cough | 232 | 144 | 287 | 260 | 242 | 144 |
| 1059 | 1935 | 1913 | 1688 | 753 | 1921 |
| school. | scarlet fever | diphtheria. | measles | german measles | mumps | chicken pox | whooping cough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Junior | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | — |
| „ Infants | 22 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 26 | 4 |
| Berkeley Junior Mixed & Infants | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 43 | 22 |
| Brentford End Infants | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Bulstrode Senior Boys | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ „ Girls | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Chatsworth Infants | 17 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| Cranford C. of E. Infants | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 15 | 22 |
| „ Temporary Council Junior | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Grove Road Junior Mixed | 3 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — |
| „ „ Infants | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 83 | 2 |
| Heston Senior Mixed | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — |
| „ Junior Mixed | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 75 | — |
| „ Infants | 19 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 46 | 65 |
| Hounslow Heath Senior Mixed | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| „ „ Junior Boys | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| „ „ Junior Girls | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| „ „ Infants | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 76 | 21 |
| Hounslow R.C. Mixed & Infants | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — |
| Hounslow Town Junior Boys | 1 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 2 | — |
| „ „ Junior Girls & Infants | 17 | 3 | 2 | — | 20 | 10 | 20 |
| Isleworth Blue Boys | — | — | — | — | .2 | — | — |
| „ „ Girls & Infants | 1 | — | — | — | 22 | — | 2 |
| Isleworth Town Junior Mixed | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| „ „ Infants | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Marlborough Senior Mixed | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| St. Mary's Boys | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| „ Girls & Infants | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spring Grove Central | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| „ „ Junior Mixed & Infants | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 73 | 20 |
| Wellington Junior | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Woodlands St. John's Infants | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Worple Road Junior Mixed | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — |
| „ „ Infants | 3 | 6 | — | — | 10 | 13 | 5 |
| 124 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 113 | 537 | 232 |
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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