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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Disease | Total | Under 1 yr. | 1 yr. | 2 yrs. | 3 yrs. | 4 yrs. | 6- 9 yrs. | 10-14 yrs. | 15-19 yrs. | 20-34 yrs. | 35 44 yrs. | 45-64 yrs. | 66 yrs. | Cases admitted to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Para-Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 62 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 48 | 16 | - | - | 70 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 46 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Dysentery | 15 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Measles | 275 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 36 | 33 | 135 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 44 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 14 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 73 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis:- | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 74 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 9 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |