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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 1952
[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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Para-Typhoid Fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 161 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 117 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 46 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 46 | 4 | — | — | 53 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 58 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 17 |
| Undulant Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 28 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Measles | 1,027 | 31 | 83 | 102 | 126 | 162 | 501 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 27 |
| Whooping Cough | 86 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | 53 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis:— Pulmonary | 148 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | l | 12 | 67 | 28 | 25 | 11 | — | |
| Non --pulm.on ary | 20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 6 | 5 | — | — |