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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE VI.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1964
| Disease | Total | Under 1 yr. | 1 yr. | 2yrs. | 3yrs. | 4 yrs. | 5-9 yrs. | 10-14 yrs. | 15-19 yrs. | 20-34 yrs. | 35-44 yrs. | 46-64 yrs. | 65 + yrs. | Age unknown | Cases Admitted to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Para-Typhoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 52 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 63 | 11 | - | - | - | 87 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encechalitis | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 11 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 9 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Measles | 331 | 16 | 47 | 47 | 43 | 54 | 114 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 18 |
| Whooping Cough | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis:- Pulmonary | 37 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | 8 |
| Non Pulmonary | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 |