Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1961
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 + yrs. | Age unknown | Cases admitted to hospital |
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Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Para- Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | 29 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 122 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 92 | 14 | - | - | - | 121 | |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute Encephalitis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Pneumonia | 17 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | - | 1 |
Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Dysentery | 14 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Measles | 1437 | 49 | 117 | 173 | 165 | 191 | 701 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 19 |
Whooping Cough | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 8 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Tuberculosis:- | |||||||||||||||
Pulmonary | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 9 | - | 10 |
Non-Pulmonary | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 |