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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Notifiable Diseases other than Tuberculosis
| Disease | Corrected Notifications | Admitted to Hospital | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | ||||||
| Measles | 92 | 2 | — | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 9 | — | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 14 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 67 | 19 | — | ||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — | ||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | ||||||
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | — | — | — | ||||||
| „ (Non-paralytic) | — | — | — | ||||||
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | ||||||
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| Dysentery | 7 | 5 | — | ||||||
| Food Poisoning | 5 | — | — | ||||||
| Meningitis | 2 | 2 | — | ||||||
| Age Periods | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Measles | Whooping Cough | Cerebro Spinal Fever Paralytic | Acute Poliomyelitis Non- Paralytic | ||
| Under 1 yr. | — | — | — | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| 1—2 yrs. | — | 5 | — | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| 3—4 yrs. | — | 13 | — | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| 5—9 yrs. | — | 44 | — | 49 | 12 | — | — | — | |
| 10—14 yrs. | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 15—24 yrs. | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 and over | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | — | 67 | — | 92 | 28 | — | — | — | |
| Age Periods | Malaria | Dysentery | Enceph alitis | Food Poisoning | Puerperal Pyrexia | Erysipelas | Pneumonia | Meningitis | |
| Under 5 yrs. | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
| 5—14 yrs. | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | |
| 15—44 yrs. | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| 45—64 yrs. | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | - | |
| 65 and over | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 2 | 7 | — | 5 | — | 1 | 14 | 2 | |