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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Disease | Total | Under 1 yr. | lyr. | 2 yrs. | 3 yrs. | 4 yrs. | 5-9 yrs. | 10-14 yrs. | 15-19 yrs. | 20-34 yrs. | 35-44 yrs. | 45-64 yrs. | 65 yrs. + | Cases admitted to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 62 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 24 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | — | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 50 | 6 | - | - | 59 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 43 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 42 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 56 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 840 | 23 | 77 | 94 | 97 | 140 | 355 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | - | 64 |
| Whooping Cough | 142 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 44 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 159 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 85 | 18 | 19 | 11 | |
| Non-pulmonary | 20 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 1 | 3 | - |