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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| 1939 | 1938 | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections of premises where food is sold or manufactured, | ||
| -meat. | 1,009 | 1,058 |
| -fish. | 194 | 213 |
| -provisions. | 80 | 73 |
| -greengrocery and fruit. | 158 | 230 |
| -hawkers. | 115 | 44 |
| -food preparation. | 498 | 451 |
| -other foods. | 43 | 76 |
| Unsound food seized or surrendered (lbs.). | 3,764 | 3,573 |
PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
| 1939 | 1938 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | |
| Smallpox. | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet fever. | 175 | - | 314 | - |
| Diphtheria. | 51 | 5 | 40 | 2 |
| Erysipelas. | 23 | - | 43 | - |
| Pneumonia. | 142 | 35 | 159 | 36 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever. | 6 | - | 8 | 5 |
| Epidemic encephalitis. | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis . | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| Dysentery. | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Tuberculosis. | 125 | 69 | 113 | 58 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 4 | - | 10 | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia. | 61 | - | 66 | 2 |
Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases.
| 1939 | 1938 | |
|---|---|---|
| Measles. | 50 | 861 |
| German Measles. | 493 | 45 |
| Chicken pox. | 490 | 512 |
| Mumps. | 145 | 35 |
| Whooping cough. | 391 | 300 |