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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE IV
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1951
| Disease | Total cases notified | Gases admitted to hospital | Total deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 65 | (50) | 35 | (25) | - | (-) |
| Whooping Cough | 90 | (33) | 8 | (1) | - | (-) |
| Diphtheria | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) |
| Measles | 863 | (269) | 21 | (8) | - | (-) |
| Pneumonia (notifiable) | 32 | (15) | 1 | (l) | 40± | (32)± |
| Typhoid Fever | - | (l) | - | (1) | - | (-) |
| Dysentery | 15 | (9) | 10 | (6) | - | (-) |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | (2) | - | (2) | - | (-) |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 21 | (l8) | 21 | (18) | - | (-) |
| Smallpox | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) |
| Erysipelas | 8* | (2; | 3 | (2) | - | (-) |
| Meningococcal Infection . | 1≠ | (-) | 1 | (-) | - | (-) |
| Food Poisoning | 6 | (6) | - | (3) | - | (-) |
| Malaria | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) |
| Acute Encephalitis:- | ||||||
| Infective | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (-) |
| Post-Infectious | 1 | (-) | 1 | (-) | - | (-) |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:- | ||||||
| Paralytic | - | (5) | - | (5) | - | (-) |
| Non-Paralytic | -† | (4) | - | (3) | - | (-) |
| Totals | 1102 | (414) | 101 | (75) | 40 | (32) |
* In addition, one case originally notified and admitted to hospital
was subsequently diagnosed not Erysipelas.
≠ In addition, one case originally notified and admitted to hospital
was subsequently diagnosed not Meningococcal Infection.
†One case originally notified as Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis and
admitted to hospital was subsequently not confirmed.
± Includes deaths from non-notifiable pneumonia.
(1950 figures in brackets).
TABLE V
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
| Cases notified | Cases treated at home | Cases treated in hospital | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total blindness | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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