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
Heston and Isleworth 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Disease | Total | Under lyr. | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-Typhoid | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | - | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 159 | — | 2 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 96 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 65 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 21 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 7 | - | - | 23 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 29 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 28 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 41 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Measles | 571 | 15 | 62 | 63 | 67 | 84 | 257 | 10 | 7 | 6 | - | - | - | 23 |
| Whooping Cough | 227 | 16 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 46 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 12 |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 147 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | 16 | 73 | 18 | 22 | 8 | |
| Non-pulmonary | 21 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |