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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
Feltham 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS
| Disease. | Total Nos. Notified | Admitted to hospital | Deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 4 | 4 | - | ||||
| Measles | 100 | 3 | - | ||||
| Whooping Cough. | 54 | 6 | - | ||||
| Pneumonia | 2 | - | 20 | ||||
| Scarlet fever | 105 | 87 | - | ||||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | - | - | |||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 2 | - | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorium | 1 | 1 | - | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | |||||
| Poliomyelitis, | - | - | |||||
| Scarlet Diph- Puerps Erysip- Pneu- Whooping Age Periods Fever theria Pyroria elas. monia Measlesl cough. | |||||||
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 1-2 years | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | |
| 2-3 " | 5 | - | - | - | 17 | 9 | |
| 3-4 " | - | 14 | 7 | ||||
| 4-5 " | 5 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 |
| 5-10 " | 61 | 1 | - | - | 40 | 21 | |
| 10-15 " | 9 | - | - | - | 5 | - | |
| 15-20 " | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| 20-35 " | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| 35-45 " | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 45-65 " | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| over 65 " | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 105 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 54 |
Crhthalmia Neonatorium
| Notified | 1 |
| cases treated at home | |
| Cases treated in hospital | 1 |
| Vision unimpaired | 1 |
| Total blindness | |
| Death | - |
Tuberculosis
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respira tory | Non- Respiratory | Respiratory | Non- Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 year | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1-5 years | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5-15 " | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 15-25" | 3 | 11 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 25-35 " | 10 | 7 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 35-45 " | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 45-65 " | 6 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | |
| Over 65 " | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 27 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
The general health of the population in this District has on the
whole been very good during 1943,
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