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Heston and Isleworth 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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PREVALENTCE OF INFECTIOUS AMD OTHER DISEASES. (Continued)
1944 1943
Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases.
German Measles. 603 45
Chicken Pox, 578 401
Mumps, 325 139
Disinfection - no. of rooms disinfected. 206 305
Hospital Treatment of notifiable Infectious
Diseases. Total cases treated in hospitals. 223 348
Diphthiria Immuni sation.
No. of attendances at clinics. 9,299 15,886
No. given certificates after immunising. 1,064 2,461
No. submitted to primary Schick test. 1,090 2,070
- Schick positive. 1,047 1,889
- Schick negative, 43 163
No. of cases of diphtheria in immunised persons. 2
No. of deaths from diphtheria in immunised
persons.
TABLE OF CAUSES OF DEATHS DURING 1944.
(According to figures furnishti. by that Registrar General)
| Causes of Death | Civil Residents al1 ages. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female. | ||
| ALL causes | 543 | 417 | |
| 1 | Typhoid and paratyphoid fever | - | - |
| 2 | Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Scarlet fever | - | - |
| 4 | Whooping co ugh | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Diphtheria | 1 | - |
| 6 | Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 30 | 11 |
| 7 | Other forms of tuberculosis | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Syphilitic diseases | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Influenza | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Measles | - | - |
| 11 | Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | - |
| 12 | Acute infectious encephalitis | 1 | 0 |
| 13m | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus | 8 | - |
| 13f | Cancer of uterus | - | 9 |
| 14 | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 18 | 11 |
| 15 | Cancer of breast | - | 14 |
| 16 | Cancer of all other sites | 54 | 38 |
| 17 | diabetes | 4 | 3 |
| 18 | Intro-cranial vascular lesions | 36 | 46 |
| 19 | Heart disease | 125 | 105 |
| 20 | Other diseases of circulatory system | 17 | 16 |
| 21 | Bronchitis | 35 | 14 |
| 22 | Pneumonia | 33 | 23 |
| 23 | other respiratory diseases | 8 | 4 |
| 24 | Ulcerationl of stomach or duodenum | 12 | 3 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Appendicitis | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Other digestive diseases | 9 | 11 |
| 23 | Nephritis | 10 | 6 |
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