London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Total all ages. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 2-3 years. | 3-4 years. | 4-5 years. | 5-10 years. | 10-15 years. | 15-20 years. | 20-35 years. | 35-45 years | 45-65 years. | 65 years and over. | ||||
| Small-pox | ... | |||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 165 | 53 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 314 | 279 | |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 40 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 43 | 25 | |||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 54 | 9 | 66 | 63 | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Cerebro Spinal Fever ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Pneumonia | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 159 | 142 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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For Tuberculosis Notifications—see other Table.