London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hounslow 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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| Disease | Total | Age in years under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-34 | 35-44 | 45-64 | 65 and over | Age unknown | Cases admitted to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Encephalitis, acute | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Food poisoning | 29 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | 13 |
| Infective jaundice | 51 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | 20 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Measles | 576 | 28 | 61 | 80 | 79 | 88 | 218 | 9 | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 16 |
| Meningitis, acute | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Paratyphoid fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 51 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||
| pulmonary | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 15 | - | 15 |
| non-pulmonary | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | 5 |
| Typhoid fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Whooping cough | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
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