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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 1937
[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 1937 and the five previous years.
| 1937 | 1936 | 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 133 | 119 | 124 | 210 | 186 | 105 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 8 | 37 | 44 | 17 | 30 |
| Measles | 174 | 1352 | 10 | 901 | 108 | 952 |
| German Measles | 18 | 15 | 6 | 66 | 13 | 25 |
| Mumps | 1538 | 306 | 113 | 153 | 940 | 122 |
| Chicken-pox | 634 | 161 | 537 | 417 | 362 | 194 |
| Whooping Cough | 276 | 366 | 232 | 144 | 287 | 260 |
| 2783 | 2327 | 1059 | 1935 | 1913 | 1688 |
| school. | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria. | Measles | German measles | Mumps | Chicken pox | Whooping cough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Junior | 1 | – | 1 | – | 65 | 10 | 3 |
| „ Infants | 2 | – | 31 | l | 77 | 5 | 34 |
| Berkeley Junior Mixed & Infants | 9 | – | 83 | l | 163 | 89 | 21 |
| Bulstrode Senior Boys | 3 | – | 1 | – | 16 | 1 | – |
| ,, „ Girls | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Chatsworth Junior | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| „ Infants | 8 | l | 1 | l | 21 | 6 | 13 |
| Cranford C. of E. Infants | – | – | 4 | – | 35 | 2 | 18 |
| „ Junior Mixed & Infants | 2 | – | – | – | 59 | 5 | 17 |
| Grove Road Junior Mixed | 14 | 1 | 1 | – | 42 | 9 | 4 |
| „ „ Infants | 10 | – | – | 2 | 60 | 25 | 43 |
| Heston Senior Mixed | – | – | – | – | 11 | 2 | – |
| „ Junior Mixed | 4 | 1 | 17 | — | 61 | 13 | 2 |
| „ Infants | 18 | – | 1 | 1 | 117 | 25 | 18 |
| Hounslow Heath Senior Mixed | 2 | – | — | — | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| „ „ Junior Boys | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 56 | 13 | — |
| „ „ Junior Girls | 2 | – | — | — | 80 | 21 | 1 |
| „ „ Infants | 8 | – | 19 | 3 | 163 | 141 | 37 |
| Hounslow R.C. Mixed & Infants | — | – | — | 4 | 45 | 49 | 2 |
| Hounslow Town Junior Mixed & Infants | 11 | – | 4 | – | 100 | 66 | 2 |
| Isleworth Blue Boys | 1 | – | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| „ „ Girls & Infants | — | – | – | — | 10 | — | — |
| Isleworth Town Junior Mixed | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — |
| „ „ Infants | — | 1 | — | — | 13 | 7 | 9 |
| Marlborough Senior Mixed | 4 | – | — | — | 5 | 1 | — |
| „ Infants | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 2 |
| St. Mary's Boys | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 3 | — |
| „ Girls & Infants | 6 | — | 3 | — | 17 | 8 | 4 |
| Spring Grove Central | 2 | — | 1 | — | 19 | 4 | 6 |
| „ „ Junior Mixed & Infants | — | — | — | — | 66 | 3 | 13 |
| Wellington Junior | 3 | — | — | 2 | 111 | 58 | 14 |
| Woodlands St. John's Infants | 2 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 22 | 1 |
| Worple Road Junior Mixed | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 15 | — |
| „ „ Infants | 1 | — | 1 | — | 50 | 18 | 9 |
| Totals | 133 | 10 | 174 | 18 | 1538 | 634 | 276 |