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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE VI
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1960
| 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. | 65 -f yrs. | Age unknown | Cases admitted to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 70 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 65 | 11 | - | - | - | 88 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 18 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | 5 | - | 4 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 126 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 7 | - | 11 | 19 |
| Measles | 30 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 199 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 86 | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Food Poisoning | 31 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis:- Pulmonary | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 8 | - | 14 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |