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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
Feltham 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Notifiable Diseases. | Casks Notified in Whole District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| Diphtheria | 9 | - | 2 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 20 | - | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Isolation Hospital—Under consideration.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to Whole district at subjoined Ages. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | |
| Measles | 4 | _ | 4 | - | — | -_ | _ |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Croup | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Diarrhoea | 9 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | - |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 7 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 6 | 2 | ] | 2 | — | 1 | —| |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 |
| Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Pleurisy | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Alcoholism, Cirrhosis of liver | 1 | — | — | — | — | I | — |
| Premature birth | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diseases & accidents of parturition | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Heart diseases | 6 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 |
| Accidents | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Suicides | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| All other causes | 28 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| All causes | 84 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 19 |