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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 1959
[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. | 16-19 yrs. | 20-34 yrs. | 35-44 yrs. | 45-64 yrs. | 65 yrs. | Cases admitted to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 235 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 144 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 23 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 118 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 86 | 20 | - | - | 114 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 47 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| Dysentery | 42 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 7 |
| Measles | 1007 | 19 | 81 | 92 | 108 | 146 | 527 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 26 |
| Whooping Cough | 46 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 23 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Tuberculosis:- Pulmonary | 53 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 15 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |