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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| 1942. | 1941. | |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital Treatment of Infectious Diseases. Total cases treated in hospitals. | 248 | 370 |
| Diphtheria Immunisation. | ||
| No. of attendances at clinics. | 16,098 | 12,846 |
| No. given certificates after immunising. | 2,089 | 1,989 |
| No. submitted to primary Schick test. | 2,986 | 3,094 |
| - Schick positive. | 2,751 | 2,916 |
| - Schick negative. | 235 | 178 |
| No. of cases of diphtheria in immunised persons. | — | 3 |
| No. of deaths from diphtheria in immunised persons. | ||
TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATHS DURING 1942.
(According to figures furnished by the Registrar General).
| All causes | Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 516 | 454 | ||
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | - | - |
| 2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | - |
| 3 | Scarlet Fever | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping cough | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Diphtheria | 1 | - |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 34 | 23 |
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | Influenza | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Measles | 2 | - |
| 11 | Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | - |
| 12 | Acute infectious encephalitis ...... | - | - |
| 13m | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus ... | 7 | - |
| 13f | Cancer of uterus | - | 11 |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 12 | 11 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | — | 16 |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 54 | 37 |
| 17 | Diabetes | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | Intro-cranial vascular lesions | 50 | 50 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 117 | 97 |
| 20 | Other diseases of circulatory system | 18 | 18 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 24 | 22 |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 32 | 29 |
| 23 | Other respiratory diseases | 6 | 3 |
| 24 | Ulceration of stomach or duodenum | 10 | 1 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 13 | 15 |
| 26 | Appendicitis | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 10 | 7 |
| 28 | Nephritis | 7 | 18 |
| 29 | Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis | 1 | |
| 30 | Other maternal causes | - | 3 |
| 31 | Premature birth | 10 | 9 |
| 32 | Cong, malformations, birth injury, etc. | 14 | 5 |
| 33 | Suicide | 5 | 2 |
| 34 | Road Traffic Accidents | 5 | 2 |
| 35 | Other violent causes | 12 | 11 |
| 36 | All other causes | 48 | 47 |
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